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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 21, 2015Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2015, 6:35 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at May 21, 2015, 12:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2015, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2015, 12:49 PM CDT
Expired: May 22, 2015, 8:59 AM CDT
In force: 20 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 11:36 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). The gauge peaked at 16.05 ft at May 21, 2015, 9:00 PM 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 20, 6:54 PM CDT, 11 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:54 PM CDT, 11 hours 41 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 20, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	45 min
May 20, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	47 min
May 21, 12:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	3 hr
May 21, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	42 min
May 21, 2:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Falls, Freestone, Limestone	3 hr
May 21, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin	62 min
May 21, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	44 min
May 21, 3:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Wise	3 hr
May 21, 3:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon	3 hr
May 21, 4:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	3 hr
May 21, 4:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
May 21, 4:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	3 hr
May 21, 4:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	3 hr
May 21, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
May 21, 5:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke	2 hr
May 21, 5:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall	3 hr
May 21, 5:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Grayson	2 hr
May 21, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
May 21, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
May 21, 6:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon	3 hr
May 21, 7:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	115 min
May 21, 7:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson	119 min
May 21, 9:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	116 min
May 21, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Montague	114 min
May 21, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson	2 hr

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.