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River Flood Warning 98, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 23, 2020Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2020, 6:24 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2020, 9:26 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2020, 9:26 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2020, 6:24 AM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Trinity River near Boyd (BOYT2). The gauge peaked at 18.92 ft at May 25, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08044500, 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 23, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 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 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	37 min
May 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	16 min
May 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	57 min
May 22, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains	64 min
May 22, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	48 min
May 22, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	66 min
May 22, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	47 min
May 22, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	48 min
May 22, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Montague	6 hr
May 22, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Montague, Wise	81 min
May 22, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	39 min
May 22, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	5 hr
May 22, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Wise	35 min
May 22, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Denton	3 hr
May 22, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	58 min
May 22, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague, Wise	64 min
May 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	63 min
May 22, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	56 min
May 23, 12:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	4 days
May 23, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	80 min
May 23, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise	82 min
May 23, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	58 min
May 23, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	23 min
May 23, 1:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	54 hr
May 23, 1:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Denton	30 hr
May 23, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Young	66 min
May 23, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall	25 min
May 23, 1:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall	3 hr
May 23, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	23 min
May 23, 2:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	3 hr
May 23, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack, Wise	47 min
May 23, 2:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	43 min
May 23, 3:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	4 hr
May 23, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	4 hr
May 23, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	35 min
May 23, 4:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	42 hr
May 23, 4:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Jack	4 days
May 23, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	25 min
May 23, 6:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	28 hr

Nearby

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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.