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River Flood Warning 249, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 17, 2015Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 17, 2015, 1:30 PM CST for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 19, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 17, 2015, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 19, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Nov 20, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Sulphur River near Cooper (COPT2). The gauge peaked at 15.59 ft at Nov 17, 2015, 8:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07342500, 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 Nov 17, 12:02 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 12:02 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 12:05 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 8:00 AM CST, 5 hours 30 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
Nov 17, 12:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	53 min
Nov 17, 12:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	56 min
Nov 17, 1:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	64 min
Nov 17, 1:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	57 min
Nov 17, 2:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	51 min
Nov 17, 2:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Wise	49 min
Nov 17, 2:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Johnson	44 min
Nov 17, 2:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Jack, Mills and 3 more	13 hr
Nov 17, 3:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	59 min
Nov 17, 3:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	60 min
Nov 17, 3:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	40 min
Nov 17, 3:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Tarrant	38 min
Nov 17, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	62 min
Nov 17, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	64 min
Nov 17, 3:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	29 min
Nov 17, 3:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	61 min
Nov 17, 4:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	58 min
Nov 17, 4:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin	32 min
Nov 17, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	64 min
Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall	50 min
Nov 17, 4:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	66 min
Nov 17, 5:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Lamar	60 min
Nov 17, 6:02 AM CST	High Wind Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon	58 min
Nov 17, 6:06 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	114 min
Nov 17, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	29 hr
Nov 17, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	32 hr
Nov 17, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	28 hr
Nov 17, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	4 days
Nov 17, 10:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Milam, Robertson	2 hr
Nov 17, 1:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	55 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.