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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 19, 2017Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 19, 2017, 3:04 PM CST for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2017, 7:10 PM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2017, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2017, 7:10 PM CST
Expired
Dec 21, 2017, 12:18 AM CST
In force
29 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 21:07 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 Trinity River at Dallas (DALT2).

Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
38 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057000, 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
Dec 19, 9:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas22 hr
Dec 19, 11:57 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone, Limestone2 hr
Dec 19, 5:27 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.