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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 12, 2009Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2009, 7:43 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 12, 2009, 8:57 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2009, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2009, 8:57 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2009, 4:25 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White Rock Creek at Dallas (DWRT2). The gauge peaked at 80.78 ft at Apr 12, 2009, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 78 ft
Minor stage: 84 ft
Moderate stage: 88 ft
Major stage: 90 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057200, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 12, 6:50 AM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:50 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 2:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 6:44 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 7:21 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	30 min
Apr 11, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	26 min
Apr 11, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant, Wise	26 min
Apr 11, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	38 min
Apr 11, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	29 min
Apr 11, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	24 min
Apr 11, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	27 min
Apr 12, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	31 min
Apr 12, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Erath	35 min
Apr 12, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
Apr 12, 5:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	117 min
Apr 12, 5:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
Apr 12, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	31 min
Apr 12, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	24 min
Apr 12, 8:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	27 min
Apr 12, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	37 min
Apr 12, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	24 min
Apr 12, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	36 min
Apr 12, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	61 min
Apr 12, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	25 min
Apr 12, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	52 min
Apr 12, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	59 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.