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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 11, 2018Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 11, 2018, 10:27 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 12, 2018, 6:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2018, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2018, 6:40 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 12, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
14 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 03:29 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). The gauge peaked at 27.70 ft at Aug 12, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT.

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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
Aug 11, 8:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, McLennan3 hr
Aug 11, 10:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills3 hr
Aug 12, 7:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Hill3 hr
Aug 12, 11:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson, Hill, Navarro117 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell41 min
Aug 12, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson52 min
Aug 12, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell39 min
Aug 12, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCoryell, Lampasas, McLennan47 min

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.