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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 20, 2020Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2020, 2:12 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2020, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2020, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Dallas County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 20, 12:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:40 AM CDT, 32 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 19, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Parker, Tarrant	49 min
Jun 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	43 min
Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	29 min
Jun 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Rockwall and 2 more	66 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Rockwall and 1 more	55 min
Jun 19, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and 1 more	35 min
Jun 19, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	63 min
Jun 19, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Rockwall and 2 more	59 min
Jun 19, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland, Stephens, Young	39 min
Jun 19, 11:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	5 hr
Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	64 min
Jun 20, 12:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	4 hr
Jun 20, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	50 min
Jun 20, 3:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Jun 20, 6:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	26 hr

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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.