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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 12, 2014Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2014, 9:30 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 12:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2014, 12:34 AM CDT
Expired: May 14, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 30 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 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2). The gauge peaked at 15.16 ft at May 13, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT.

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 12, 6:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
512 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131100-
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-
512 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE
CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A LINE FROM KILLEEN...TO
DALLAS...TO BONHAM...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...AND
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON.

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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 12, 4:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 21 more	23 hr
May 12, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	52 hr
May 12, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath	60 min
May 12, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	55 min
May 12, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	36 min
May 12, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche	23 min
May 12, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	34 min
May 12, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Cooke, Erath, Hood, Parker, Wise	60 min
May 12, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	24 min
May 12, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	57 min
May 12, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	33 min
May 12, 1:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Hood, Parker	2 hr
May 12, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	27 min
May 12, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	46 min
May 12, 2:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Parker, Somervell	2 hr
May 12, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Johnson	33 min
May 12, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	36 min
May 12, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	35 min
May 12, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	32 min
May 12, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	29 min
May 12, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Mills	52 min
May 12, 2:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	3 hr
May 12, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	57 min
May 12, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Mills	96 min
May 12, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	31 min
May 12, 3:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	88 min
May 12, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson	93 min
May 12, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	63 min
May 12, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall	58 min
May 12, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	67 min
May 12, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	33 min
May 12, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	61 min
May 12, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Grayson	117 min
May 12, 4:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Mills	117 min
May 12, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	58 min
May 12, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hill, Somervell	3 hr
May 12, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	33 min
May 12, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill	3 hr
May 12, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	29 min
May 12, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	3 hr
May 12, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	2 hr
May 12, 6:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	114 min
May 12, 6:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Van Zandt	2 hr
May 12, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	114 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.