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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 23, 2018Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 23, 2018, 9:58 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 24, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2018, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 24, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2018, 7:34 PM CDT
In force
30 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 14:59 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 Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2). The gauge peaked at 9.15 ft at Oct 25, 2018, 2:00 AM 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
Oct 23, 2:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.