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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 22, 2013Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2013, 8:04 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2013, 8:04 AM CDT (13:04 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2013, 8:12 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 13:09 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 May 21, 6:37 PM CDT, 13 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:37 PM CDT, 13 hours 27 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 21, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	34 min
May 21, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	38 min
May 21, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	36 min
May 21, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	26 min
May 21, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	35 min
May 21, 9:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	3 hr
May 21, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon, Robertson	30 min
May 21, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon, Robertson	34 min
May 21, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	23 min
May 21, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	31 min
May 22, 8:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	22 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.