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River Flood Warning 253, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 26, 2015Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Nov 26, 2015, 6:49 PM CST for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 27, 2015, 8:33 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2015, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2015, 8:33 AM CST
Expired
Dec 1, 2015, 7:27 AM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hunt County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2). The gauge peaked at 17.84 ft at Nov 27, 2015, 12:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017300, 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 26, 5:38 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 5:38 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 26, 3:07 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
307 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271230-
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-
307 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING THIS EVENING
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE...TO HILLSBORO...TO
ATHENS. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING INCREASES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE. SOME FLOOD IMPACTS MAY
CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WHEN THE RAIN FINALLY ENDS. RIVER FLOODING
MAY ALSO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS
EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
GOLDTHWAITE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 6:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHood23 min
Nov 26, 6:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt4 days
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise55 hr
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDJack5 days
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDWise12 days
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCooke23 hr
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin5 days
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton6 days
Nov 26, 7:44 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas9 days
Nov 26, 8:09 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche6 days
Nov 26, 8:09 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDComanche49 hr
Nov 26, 8:31 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant3 hr
Nov 26, 9:10 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke3 hr
Nov 26, 10:37 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas35 hr
Nov 26, 10:47 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson5 hr
Nov 26, 11:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
Nov 26, 11:37 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHood, Parker, Tarrant3 hr
Nov 27, 1:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant22 hr
Nov 27, 1:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas2 hr
Nov 27, 1:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant5 days
Nov 27, 1:54 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Denton, Fannin, Grayson3 hr
Nov 27, 2:33 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDJohnson6 hr
Nov 27, 2:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDTarrant17 hr
Nov 27, 2:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas42 hr
Nov 27, 4:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin3 days
Nov 27, 4:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Nov 27, 4:57 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant2 hr
Nov 27, 5:20 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Grayson, Lamar6 hr
Nov 27, 5:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas20 hr
Nov 27, 6:48 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDCollin117 min
Nov 27, 7:02 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar22 hr
Nov 27, 7:46 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant3 hr
Nov 27, 8:33 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins47 hr
Nov 27, 9:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro5 days
Nov 27, 9:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman7 days
Nov 27, 9:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDKaufman4 days
Nov 27, 9:35 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDGrayson115 min
Nov 27, 10:08 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Nov 27, 1:00 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Nov 27, 1:13 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDLimestone47 hr
Nov 27, 1:46 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro55 days

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.