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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 23, 2016Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2016, 5:29 AM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2016, 6:55 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2016, 5:29 AM CST (11:29 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2016, 6:55 AM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 7:53 PM CST
In force: 13 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 11:30 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 80.81 ft at Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 AM CST.

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 Feb 23, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 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
Feb 22, 8:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	35 hr
Feb 22, 8:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	54 hr
Feb 22, 8:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	3 days
Feb 22, 8:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 days
Feb 22, 8:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	6 days
Feb 22, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	60 hr
Feb 22, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	43 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.