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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 24, 2020Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2020, 2:34 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at May 25, 2020, 4:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2020, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2020, 4:18 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2020, 10:16 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
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 19:35 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 33.37 ft at May 26, 2020, 11:00 AM 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 23, 6:42 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:42 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:12 PM CDT, 23 hours 22 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 23, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens, Young	57 min
May 23, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland, Stephens, Young	41 min
May 24, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, Navarro	34 min
May 24, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	30 min
May 24, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	37 min
May 24, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	31 min
May 24, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	36 min
May 24, 1:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Robertson	74 min
May 24, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls, Limestone, McLennan	29 min
May 24, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	25 min
May 24, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	40 min
May 24, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	28 min
May 24, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	52 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis	116 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt, Rains	26 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	50 min
May 24, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	32 min
May 24, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	40 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	46 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	32 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell	2 hr
May 24, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Lamar	40 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	34 min
May 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Lamar	3 hr
May 24, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	37 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	24 min
May 24, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	29 min
May 24, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan	32 min

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.