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River Flood Warning 162, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 18, 2019Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2019, 1:45 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 19, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2019, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 11, 2019, 9:41 AM CDT
In force: 22 days
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 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2). The gauge peaked at 8.50 ft at Jun 24, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08055500, 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 Jun 18, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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
Jun 18, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	55 min
Jun 18, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	63 min
Jun 18, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	53 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.