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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 15, 2015Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2015, 4:02 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at May 15, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 71 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2015, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
In effect from
May 15, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 24, 2015, 8:09 PM CDT
In force
71 days
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 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2). The gauge peaked at 13.12 ft at May 30, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas43 min
May 15, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more56 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.