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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 21, 2018Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 21, 2018, 2:28 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 22, 2018, 1:03 AM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2018, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2018, 1:03 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 Denton Creek near Justin (DCJT2).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08053500, 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 21, 1:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 1:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton42 min
Sep 21, 8:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt3 days
Sep 21, 8:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall3 days
Sep 21, 8:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise63 hr
Sep 21, 8:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas3 days
Sep 21, 9:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDStephens46 hr
Sep 21, 9:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDYoung5 days
Sep 21, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant61 hr
Sep 21, 2:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas42 hr
Sep 21, 3:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke117 min
Sep 21, 3:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Montague2 hr
Sep 21, 4:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant, Wise62 min
Sep 21, 4:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Wise66 min
Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
Sep 21, 5:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Montague2 hr
Sep 21, 6:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Wise114 min
Sep 21, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas43 min
Sep 21, 6:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson2 hr
Sep 21, 6:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDStephens118 min
Sep 21, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman42 min

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.