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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 20, 2015Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2015, 9:14 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2015, 2:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2015, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2015, 2:41 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2015, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 30 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 14:16 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).

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 Mar 20, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 6:46 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague, Wise	47 min
Mar 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	42 min
Mar 19, 11:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Grayson	115 min
Mar 19, 11:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	119 min
Mar 20, 4:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone and 2 more	35 hr
Mar 20, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	24 hr
Mar 20, 9:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	4 days
Mar 20, 1:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	18 hr
Mar 20, 2:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	18 hr
Mar 20, 2:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta	3 hr
Mar 20, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hunt	3 hr
Mar 20, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.