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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 10, 2013Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2013, 12:33 AM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2013, 12:33 AM CST (06:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2013, 4:04 PM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 06:36 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).

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 Mar 9, 11:58 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 11:58 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:49 PM CST, 6 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
549 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101215-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
549 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT REMAINS IN PLACE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:22 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:47 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:05 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:09 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:33 PM CST, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:34 PM CST, 59 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
Mar 9, 6:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Grayson	67 min
Mar 9, 6:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	23 min
Mar 9, 6:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	30 min
Mar 9, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	57 min
Mar 9, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	66 min
Mar 9, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton	64 min
Mar 9, 8:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	26 min
Mar 9, 9:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill, McLennan	65 min
Mar 9, 9:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	29 min
Mar 9, 9:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	29 min
Mar 9, 10:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	23 min
Mar 9, 10:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	62 min
Mar 9, 10:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	28 min
Mar 9, 11:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	25 min
Mar 9, 11:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Grayson	3 hr
Mar 9, 11:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	27 min
Mar 9, 11:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	26 min
Mar 9, 11:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	93 min
Mar 10, 1:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	25 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.