Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 97, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 15, 2018, 4:10 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 16, 2018, 4:03 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2018, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2018, 4:03 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2018, 7:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Rowlette Creek near Sachse (SHCT2).
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08061540, 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, 3:53 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 3:53 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 15, 12:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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, 8:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 36 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 |
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.