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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 6, 2008Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2008, 7:31 PM CST for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 9:32 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2008, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2008, 9:32 PM CST
Expired: Mar 8, 2008, 9:02 AM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hunt County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017300, 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 Mar 6, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:12 AM CST, 15 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
412 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
412 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL BEGIN MIXING WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-20. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM INTERSTATE 20 NORTHWARD
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1
TO NEARLY 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE RED RIVER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TRACE TO AROUND HALF AN INCH.

AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CAMERON TO PALESTINE LINE CAN
EXPECT PRIMARILY RAIN...BUT LIGHT SNOW CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BE ONGOING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF
NORTH TEXAS. ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING WILL
RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO AROUND 2 INCHES...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS
ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

FLURRIES WILL LINGER AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT REPORTS OF SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

SCHULTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:57 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 3:03 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 3:25 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 3:29 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 3:43 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 4:23 PM CST, 3 hours 8 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
Mar 6, 7:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	37 hr
Mar 6, 7:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	60 hr
Mar 7, 3:16 AM CST	Snow Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Coryell, Dallas and 24 more	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.