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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 11, 2020Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2020, 3:17 AM CST for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2020, 3:17 AM CST (09:17 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2020, 6:03 PM CST
In force: 15 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 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clear Creek near Sanger (SGET2). The gauge peaked at 26.47 ft at Jan 11, 2020, 2:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08051500, 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 Jan 10, 11:34 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 11:34 PM CST, 3 hours 43 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
Jan 10, 6:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	41 min
Jan 10, 6:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	26 min
Jan 10, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	24 min
Jan 10, 6:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	39 hr
Jan 10, 6:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	14 hr
Jan 10, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	36 min
Jan 10, 6:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton	14 min
Jan 10, 6:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	12 hr
Jan 10, 6:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	3 hr
Jan 10, 7:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Rockwall	54 min
Jan 10, 7:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	25 min
Jan 10, 7:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill	23 min
Jan 10, 7:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	33 min
Jan 10, 8:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	41 min
Jan 10, 9:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	28 min
Jan 10, 9:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	9 hr
Jan 11, 3:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	34 hr
Jan 11, 3:29 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Fannin, Grayson and 7 more	9 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.