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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 4, 2014Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2014, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 14.79 ft at Apr 4, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017200, 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, 6:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 3:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 4:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton58 min
Apr 3, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin55 min
Apr 3, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan53 min
Apr 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant49 min
Apr 3, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin49 min
Apr 3, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan55 min
Apr 3, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton113 min
Apr 3, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Hunt47 min
Apr 3, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin60 min
Apr 3, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Denton, Tarrant, Wise66 min
Apr 3, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman36 min
Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt48 min
Apr 3, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Hunt2 hr
Apr 3, 9:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Apr 3, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar49 min
Apr 3, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains, Rockwall34 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains53 min
Apr 3, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas34 min
Apr 3, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt46 min
Apr 3, 11:59 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFWDBosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 26 more3 hr
Apr 4, 2:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon23 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.