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River Flood Warning 133, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 27, 2015Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2015, 8:35 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at May 27, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2015, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
In effect from
May 27, 2015, 7:15 PM CDT
Expired
May 29, 2015, 11:04 AM CDT
In force
40 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 13:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 16.43 ft at May 26, 2015, 9:00 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 May 27, 7:43 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:43 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
448 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-281100-
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-
448 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...WITH THE BEST
CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON NORTH AND EAST OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS
NOT EXPECTED...ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL COULD EASILY RE-AGGRAVATE
FLOODING ISSUES. ONCE AGAIN...THE ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EACH DAY. THE HIGHEST
CHANCES WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHEN WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

25

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
343 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

TXZ157-159-270930-
MCLENNAN TX-CORYELL TX-
343 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CORYELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 342 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORT GATES...OR NEAR GATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GATESVILLE...MCGREGOR...BRUCEVILLE-EDDY...MOODY...CRAWFORD...MOTHER
NEFF STATE PARK...FORT GATES...OGLESBY AND SOUTH MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3124 9773 3144 9773 3162 9742 3130 9724
      3128 9738 3132 9742 3127 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 259DEG 22KT 3138 9767

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Special weather statement, May 27, 3:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
351 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

TXZ158-270930-
BELL TX-
351 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BELL COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 351 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HARKER HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILLEEN...TEMPLE...HARKER HEIGHTS...BELTON...NOLANVILLE...MORGAN'S
POINT RESORT...SALADO...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...TROY AND ROGERS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 283 AND 312.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 9777 3120 9765 3132 9742 3124 9734
      3128 9728 3098 9707 3093 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0851Z 266DEG 28KT 3106 9763

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens3 hr
May 26, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack38 min
May 26, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens67 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
May 26, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath31 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland42 min
May 26, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland, Erath3 hr
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens3 hr
May 26, 8:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant3 hr
May 26, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath62 min
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant3 hr
May 26, 9:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
May 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland66 min
May 26, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant64 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell58 min
May 26, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
May 26, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath5 hr
May 26, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker51 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath62 min
May 26, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis57 min
May 26, 10:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant3 hr
May 26, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt52 min
May 26, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton61 min
May 26, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDKaufman3 hr
May 26, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman56 min
May 26, 10:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton3 hr
May 26, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell3 hr
May 26, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
May 26, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, McLennan53 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche65 min
May 26, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens6 hr
May 26, 11:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 26, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt62 min
May 27, 12:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche6 days
May 27, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills3 hr
May 27, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills61 min
May 27, 12:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro3 hr
May 27, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls, Freestone, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro51 min
May 27, 12:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson4 hr
May 27, 12:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto7 days
May 27, 12:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDParker9 days
May 27, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan59 min
May 27, 12:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan3 hr
May 27, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Freestone3 hr
May 27, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Milam and 1 more40 min
May 27, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall, Tarrant27 min
May 27, 2:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Van Zandt3 hr
May 27, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLampasas39 min
May 27, 2:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell, Leon, Milam, Robertson3 hr
May 27, 3:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHamilton31 hr
May 27, 3:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell3 hr
May 27, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan47 min
May 27, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell39 min
May 27, 4:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche18 hr
May 27, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
May 27, 7:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDStephens18 hr
May 27, 8:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
May 27, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell6 days
May 27, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone38 min
May 27, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung44 min
May 27, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung54 min
May 27, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDYoung2 hr
May 27, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto50 min
May 27, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton45 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood47 min
May 27, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell51 min
May 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell52 min
May 27, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker46 min
May 27, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood12 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDNavarro44 min

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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.