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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2015, 3:23 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2015, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2). The gauge peaked at 8.24 ft at May 8, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 10 ft
- Major stage
- 12 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08055500, 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 May 8, 3:18 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:18 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 721 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-090030- 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- 721 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH ANY ISOLATED STORMS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. A COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT AREAS NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE... TO ENNIS...TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE TONIGHT WITH A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT TO FLASH FLOODING. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRAHAM TO MCKINNEY THROUGH 4 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS AND ASSOCIATED HAZARDS ARE FURTHER EXPLAINED BELOW... FRIDAY...THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A PARIS TO ENNIS TO KILLEEN LINE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE. THE BEST TIMING WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SATURDAY...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS WEEKEND IS ON SATURDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. SUNDAY...THE MAIN THREAT ON SUNDAY WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND MAY EXTEND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS NORTHWEST OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ENNIS TO GREENVILLE LINE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| May 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 66 min |
| May 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 59 min |
| May 7, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise | 9 hr |
| May 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 67 min |
| May 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 26 min |
| May 7, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 64 min |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 60 min |
| May 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 23 min |
| May 7, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 31 min |
| May 7, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 53 min |
| May 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 47 min |
| May 7, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 15 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 15 min |
| May 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 3 hr |
| May 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 54 min |
| May 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 8 hr |
| May 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 63 min |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 54 hr |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 4 days |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 33 days |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 16 hr |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 23 hr |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 12 days |
| May 7, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 28 hr |
| May 7, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 66 min |
| May 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hood | 63 min |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 15 min |
| May 7, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Montague | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 29 min |
| May 7, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 24 min |
| May 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 7 hr |
| May 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton, Grayson | 57 min |
| May 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 63 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant | 63 min |
| May 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 57 min |
| May 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Johnson | 41 min |
| May 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 7, 11:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Parker | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall | 40 min |
| May 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 5 hr |
| May 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 32 min |
| May 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Kaufman, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt | 45 min |
| May 7, 11:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 52 min |
| May 8, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Ellis | 51 min |
| May 8, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hopkins, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 35 min |
| May 8, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Mills | 48 min |
| May 8, 1:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 15 hr |
| May 8, 1:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 49 hr |
| May 8, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Fannin, Grayson | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 3 hr |
| May 8, 3:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 38 hr |
| May 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 2 hr |
| May 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 41 min |
| May 8, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 52 min |
| May 8, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Milam | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Navarro | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 41 min |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 51 min |
| May 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 55 min |
| May 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 43 min |
| May 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 3 hr |
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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.