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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 23, 2015Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 23, 2015, 7:48 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2015, 8:57 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2015, 7:48 AM CDT (12:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 23, 2015, 8:57 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 3:21 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 12:49 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 16.82 ft at Apr 23, 2015, 10:00 PM 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 Apr 23, 7:14 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 7:14 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 4:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 2:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 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
Apr 22, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	62 min
Apr 22, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, McLennan	45 min
Apr 22, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	113 min
Apr 22, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	66 min
Apr 23, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	55 min
Apr 23, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	61 min
Apr 23, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	53 min
Apr 23, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	52 min
Apr 23, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	46 min
Apr 23, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	18 hr
Apr 23, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	26 min
Apr 23, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	46 min
Apr 23, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	33 min

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.