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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 15, 2018Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 15, 2018, 8:45 AM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 15, 2018, 1:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 15, 2018, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 15, 2018, 1:24 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2018, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 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 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 15, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	31 min
Oct 14, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	33 min
Oct 14, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	41 min
Oct 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	64 min
Oct 14, 8:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	39 days
Oct 14, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	29 min
Oct 14, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	29 min
Oct 14, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	31 min
Oct 14, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	23 min
Oct 14, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	31 min
Oct 15, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	41 min
Oct 15, 4:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	43 hr
Oct 15, 9:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Johnson, Somervell	18 hr
Oct 15, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	43 hr
Oct 15, 10:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Navarro	6 hr
Oct 15, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	32 hr
Oct 15, 1:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	6 hr
Oct 15, 1:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	41 hr
Oct 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath, Hamilton, Mills	6 hr
Oct 15, 3:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, McLennan	39 hr
Oct 15, 3:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	34 hr
Oct 15, 4:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr

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.