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River Flood Warning 189, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 21, 2015Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2015, 1:52 PM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2015, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2015, 9:01 AM CDT
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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). The gauge peaked at 17.51 ft at Jun 22, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT.

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 Jun 21, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1101 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-221115-
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-
1101 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF US 75...AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30. AREAS OF FLOODING WILL
OCCUR IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND NEAR THE RED RIVER IN
FANNIN AND GRAYSON COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
LAMPASAS TO PALESTINE ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

JLDUNN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1118 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015

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

1115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BELLS                   33.45N  96.42W
06/21/2015                   GRAYSON            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS AFFECTED BY FLOODING IN THE EASTERN
            PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE BELLS AREA. FLOODING
            IN THE DENISON AREA TOO

Local storm report, Jun 21, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 12:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 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
Jun 21, 7:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	118 min
Jun 21, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Rockwall	119 min
Jun 21, 8:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Collin, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt and 1 more	7 hr
Jun 21, 9:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Hunt	3 hr
Jun 21, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	47 hr
Jun 21, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Rockwall	2 hr
Jun 21, 10:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	117 min
Jun 21, 10:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	5 days
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	6 hr
Jun 21, 11:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	3 hr
Jun 21, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	6 hr
Jun 21, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	12 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.