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River Flood Warning 184, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 5, 2016Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2016, 8:18 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2016, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 8:53 PM CDT
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 13:20 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 8.28 ft at Jul 4, 2016, 12:00 PM 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 Jul 5, 7:29 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:29 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 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
Jul 4, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	29 min
Jul 4, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	36 min
Jul 4, 7:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	37 hr
Jul 4, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	30 min
Jul 4, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	61 min
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	30 min
Jul 4, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	41 min
Jul 4, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	24 min
Jul 4, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	41 min
Jul 4, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	39 min
Jul 4, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	36 min
Jul 4, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	36 min
Jul 4, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	62 min
Jul 4, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	54 min
Jul 4, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	56 min
Jul 4, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	54 min
Jul 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	66 min
Jul 4, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant	59 min
Jul 4, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	38 min
Jul 5, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	48 min
Jul 5, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	55 min
Jul 5, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	65 min
Jul 5, 1:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Jul 5, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	54 min
Jul 5, 1:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr
Jul 5, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	33 min
Jul 5, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	59 min
Jul 5, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Palo Pinto	3 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.