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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 21, 2016Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2016, 2:24 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2016, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 9:26 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Tarrant County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 North Texas Lakes at Lake Worth (FLWT2).

Action stage: 594 ft
Minor stage: 597 ft
Moderate stage: 598 ft
Major stage: 599 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08045400, 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 Apr 21, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 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
Apr 21, 2:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland	3 hr
Apr 21, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	63 min
Apr 21, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Erath	52 min
Apr 21, 3:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath, Hamilton	31 min
Apr 21, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton, Somervell	54 min
Apr 21, 4:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 21, 4:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	27 hr
Apr 21, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan	61 min
Apr 21, 5:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell, McLennan	3 hr
Apr 21, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell, Falls, Limestone, Milam	72 min
Apr 21, 7:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	20 hr
Apr 21, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	35 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.