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River Flood Warning 287, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 3, 2015Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 3, 2015, 2:59 PM CST for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 3, 2015, 5:02 PM CST. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2015, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2015, 5:02 PM CST
Expired
Dec 6, 2015, 7:43 AM CST
In force
63 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 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sulphur River near Cooper (COPT2). The gauge peaked at 17.64 ft at Dec 4, 2015, 1:00 AM CST.

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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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015Every 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.