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River Flood Warning 87, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 2020Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2020, 12:17 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at May 16, 2020, 5:33 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2020, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2020, 5:33 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2020, 3:48 PM CDT
In force: 46 hr
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 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River at Dallas (DALT2). The gauge peaked at 36.56 ft at May 17, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057000, 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 May 16, 5:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 5:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:05 AM CDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 11:27 AM 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
May 15, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	32 min
May 15, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	29 min
May 15, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant	65 min
May 15, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens, Young	66 min
May 15, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	50 min
May 15, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill, Hood, Johnson, Navarro, Somervell	63 min
May 15, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	48 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Mills	48 min
May 15, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland, Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young	3 hr
May 15, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	56 min
May 15, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise	63 min
May 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Parker, Somervell	62 min
May 15, 10:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker	3 hr
May 15, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton, Lampasas	66 min
May 15, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, McLennan	80 min
May 15, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	35 min
May 15, 11:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
May 16, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill, McLennan	50 min
May 16, 12:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 16, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls, Milam	49 min
May 16, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	24 min
May 16, 1:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	57 hr
May 16, 1:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	47 hr
May 16, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam, Robertson	25 min
May 16, 9:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	3 hr
May 16, 10:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Anderson, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 17 more	14 hr
May 16, 11:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	5 hr
May 16, 11:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton	3 hr
May 16, 12:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson	3 hr
May 16, 12:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	22 hr
May 16, 12:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant	3 hr
May 16, 1:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall	5 hr
May 16, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	26 min
May 16, 2:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Denton	3 hr
May 16, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	4 days
May 16, 2:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	5 hr
May 16, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	36 min
May 16, 2:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Navarro	5 hr
May 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	33 min
May 16, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	46 min
May 16, 3:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
May 16, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	29 min
May 16, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	4 hr
May 16, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	34 min
May 16, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	31 min
May 16, 5:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
May 16, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	25 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	118 min
May 16, 6:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains	2 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.