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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 8, 2018, 12:44 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2018, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2018, 4:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point White Rock Creek at Dallas (DWRT2). The gauge peaked at 85.40 ft at Sep 8, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 78 ft
- Minor stage
- 84 ft
- Moderate stage
- 88 ft
- Major stage
- 90 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057200, 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 Sep 8, 11:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 11:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 340 AM CDT Sat Sep 8 2018 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-090845- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell- Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro- Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone- Leon-Milam-Robertson- 340 AM CDT Sat Sep 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected again today across much of North and Central Texas. Heavy rainfall will be the main threat through this evening. Flash flooding will be possible in areas that see heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will continue mainly south of I-20 and east of I-35 Sunday through Wednesday. Lightning and heavy rainfall will be the main threats. Storm chances increase across all of North Texas Thursday through Friday. Lightning and gusty winds will be the main threats during this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Dunn
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 8, 8:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
828 AM CDT SAT SEP 08 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 AM FLASH FLOOD LEWISVILLE 33.07N 97.00W
09/08/2018 DENTON TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER. INTERSECTIONS ARE:
SOUTH VALLEY PKWY AND FOX AVENUE, N OLD ORCHARD AND N VALLEY PKWY,
AND SOUTH CHARLES ST AND I35E NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD. HOUSE ALSO
FLOODED AT 600 BLOCK OF HUNTERS GLEN AND 100 BLOCK OF STUART ST.Local storm report, Sep 8, 10:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Erath, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Mills | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 28 hr |
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.