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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 4, 2026Dallas County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2026, 6:23 AM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2026, 7:58 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2026, 6:23 AM CDT (11:23 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2026, 7:58 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2026, 10:28 PM CDT
In force: 15 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 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White Rock Creek at Dallas (DWRT2).

Action stage: 78 ft
Minor stage: 84 ft
Moderate stage: 88 ft
Major stage: 90 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08057200, 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 Apr 4, 5:33 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 5:33 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:18 AM CDT, 5 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
Apr 3, 7:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	48 hr
Apr 3, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	28 min
Apr 3, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	31 min
Apr 3, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	36 min
Apr 4, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Wise	60 min
Apr 4, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	31 min
Apr 4, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	42 min
Apr 4, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	29 min
Apr 4, 7:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, Rockwall, Tarrant	2 hr
Apr 4, 10:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Rains, Van Zandt	44 min
Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	20 hr
Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	36 hr
Apr 4, 5:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	16 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.