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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 29, 2020Dallas County, Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 29, 2020, 9:21 AM CDT for Dallas County, Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 40 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2020, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2020, 8:33 AM CDT
In force
40 days
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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 Elm Fork Trinity River near Carrollton (CART2). The gauge peaked at 8.63 ft at Apr 12, 2020, 2:00 PM CDT.

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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 Mar 28, 6:21 PM CDT, 15 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 6:21 PM CDT, 15 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 6:21 PM CDT, 15 hours before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon5 days
Mar 29, 9:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins16 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2020Every 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.