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River Flood Warning 247, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 17, 2015Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 17, 2015, 8:52 AM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 17, 2015, 2:49 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 17, 2015, 8:52 AM CST (14:52 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 17, 2015, 2:49 PM CST
Expired: Nov 18, 2015, 1:00 PM CST
In force: 22 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 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River at Dallas (DALT2). The gauge peaked at 31.01 ft at Nov 17, 2015, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057000, 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 Nov 17, 6:29 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 6:29 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 4:24 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
424 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181030-
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-
424 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND
EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS MORNING. A FEW
NON-SEVERE STORMS MAY LINGER INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...A
FEW TORNADOES...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. POCKETS OF FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN
AREAS WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY.

GUSTY NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE THROUGH MID MORNING. AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR WILL ALSO SEE GUSTY
NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY
THIS AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND
EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS MORNING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 5:56 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
556 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COMMERCE                33.25N  95.90W
11/17/2015                   HUNT               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AT OUTBACK APARTMENTS IN COMMERCE

Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:30 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 7:04 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 7:15 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 8:00 AM CST, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 8:40 AM CST, 12 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
Nov 17, 12:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	53 min
Nov 17, 12:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	56 min
Nov 17, 1:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	64 min
Nov 17, 1:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	57 min
Nov 17, 2:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	51 min
Nov 17, 2:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Wise	49 min
Nov 17, 2:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Johnson	44 min
Nov 17, 2:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Jack, Mills and 3 more	13 hr
Nov 17, 3:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	59 min
Nov 17, 3:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	60 min
Nov 17, 3:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	40 min
Nov 17, 3:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	38 min
Nov 17, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	62 min
Nov 17, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	64 min
Nov 17, 3:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	29 min
Nov 17, 3:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	61 min
Nov 17, 4:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	58 min
Nov 17, 4:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin	32 min
Nov 17, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	64 min
Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall	50 min
Nov 17, 4:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	66 min
Nov 17, 5:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Lamar	60 min
Nov 17, 6:02 AM CST	High Wind Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon	58 min
Nov 17, 6:06 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	114 min
Nov 17, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	29 hr
Nov 17, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	32 hr
Nov 17, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	4 days
Nov 17, 10:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	2 hr
Nov 17, 1:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	71 hr
Nov 17, 1:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	55 hr

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.