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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 17, 2014Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 17, 2014, 12:42 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 17, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2014, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 19, 2014, 1:10 PM CDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Sandy Creek (Trinity River Basin) near Bridgeport (BRPT2).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08044000, 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 Jul 17, 10:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 10:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:42 AM CDT, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
342 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-181000-
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-
342 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT NORTH AND CENTRAL
TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A
FLASH FLOOD THREAT IN SOME AREAS ON FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY.

AFTER A DRY PERIOD SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING...MAINLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
715 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 AM     FLASH FLOOD      VALLEY VIEW             33.48N  97.17W
07/17/2014                   COOKE              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            I35 N AND S CLOSED FROM MILE MARKER 491 TO DENTON COUNTY
            LINE. WATER RESCUES ARE ONGOING.
Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
744 AM CDT THU JUL 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0741 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 S VALLEY VIEW         33.42N  97.17W
07/17/2014  M10.78 INCH      DENTON             TX   OTHER FEDERAL

            STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THRU 6:30 AM.
Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland26 min
Jul 16, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland38 min
Jul 16, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant27 min
Jul 17, 12:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke119 min
Jul 17, 1:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton117 min
Jul 17, 2:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMontague, Wise3 hr
Jul 17, 3:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Denton3 hr
Jul 17, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise116 min
Jul 17, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton35 min
Jul 17, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise5 hr
Jul 17, 5:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke5 hr
Jul 17, 6:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar117 min
Jul 17, 6:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills3 hr
Jul 17, 7:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton18 hr
Jul 17, 8:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton31 hr
Jul 17, 9:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Hamilton114 min
Jul 17, 9:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton114 min
Jul 17, 10:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Wise117 min
Jul 17, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant113 min
Jul 17, 12:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant2 hr
Jul 17, 2:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise4 days
Jul 17, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone32 min
Jul 17, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLeon30 min
Jul 17, 4:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon118 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.