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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 17, 2020Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2020, 2:57 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2020, 12:51 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2020, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2020, 12:51 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2020, 10:51 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
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 19:58 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). The gauge peaked at 15.77 ft at Mar 18, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT.

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 Mar 17, 2:07 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 2:07 PM CDT, 50 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
Mar 17, 3:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more	67 hr
Mar 17, 10:31 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath and 13 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.