NWS Dallas/Fort Worth Public/Media Guide

River Flood Statement

(FLS, FGUS84)

Definition

Issued as...

a follow-up, value-added statement to a river flood warning,
to expire or cancel a river flood warning, and
when a river is expected to approach but not reach or exceed flood stage.

This product includes OFFICIAL NWS RIVER FORECASTS when needed, as well as statements, impacts, and comments about future weather that could affect river levels.

Example

WGUS84 KFWD 070015
FLSFTW
TXC085-113-071200-
RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
714 PM CDT SUN MAY 06 2001

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...EAST FORK OF THE 
TRINITY...TRINITY RIVER.  

FOR THE TRINITY RIVER INCLUDING DALLAS...MCKINNEY...MINOR FLOODING 
IS OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.  

FOR THE TRINITY RIVER AT DALLAS... FLOOD STAGE IS 30 FEET. THE 
LATEST STAGE IS 28.3 FEET AT 4 PM SUNDAY.  MINOR FLOODING IS 
FORECAST WITH A CREST BETWEEN 30 AND 31 FEET TONIGHT...  THEN 
BEGIN TO FALL AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER 7 AM MONDAY. 
  
FOR THE EAST FORK OF THE TRINITY AT MCKINNEY... FLOOD STAGE IS 16 
FEET. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH A STAGE OF 17.0 FEET 
MEASURED AT 4 PM SUNDAY.  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT. 

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  CAUTION IS URGED WHEN 
WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING 
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

$$

                     FLD    OBSERVED         FORECAST 7 PM
LOCATION             STG   STG   DAY  TIME     MON     TUE     WED

TRINITY RIVER
  DALLAS             30 28.2   SUN 04 PM    25.5    19.3    17.4
  MCKINNEY           16 17.0   SUN 04 PM    10.2     5.6     5.4