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River Flood Warning 291, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 12, 2015Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2015, 7:05 PM CST for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 4:54 AM CST. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2015, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2015, 4:54 AM CST
Expired
Dec 14, 2015, 3:06 PM CST
In force
34 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 01:05 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 Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 16.67 ft at Dec 13, 2015, 7:00 PM CST.

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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 Dec 12, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
340 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131200-
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-
340 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR A BRIEF TORNADO.
IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH LATE EVENING.

LATER TONIGHT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
PORTIONS OF THIS LINE OF STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS. A BRIEF TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH THE
OVERALL THREAT IS LOW. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS
ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT FOR FLOODING AND
STRONG WINDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. MOST
OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS
ALL OF NORTH TEXAS.

DUNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 6:02 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson3 hr
Dec 12, 6:09 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Lamar3 hr
Dec 12, 7:05 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall42 hr
Dec 12, 7:34 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon3 hr
Dec 12, 7:55 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt3 hr
Dec 12, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon3 hr
Dec 12, 10:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland, Stephens65 min
Dec 12, 10:44 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins, Rains, Van Zandt2 hr
Dec 12, 11:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath, Jack, Palo Pinto, Young61 min
Dec 12, 11:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHamilton, Mills48 min
Dec 12, 11:53 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon, Van Zandt6 hr
Dec 13, 12:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDErath, Hood, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker and 2 more63 min
Dec 13, 12:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas60 min
Dec 13, 12:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Lampasas53 min
Dec 13, 1:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke, Denton, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise55 min
Dec 13, 1:09 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell, Hill, Johnson, McLennan66 min
Dec 13, 1:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell37 min
Dec 13, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant41 min
Dec 13, 1:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Grayson and 3 more53 min
Dec 13, 1:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBell, Falls, Hill, McLennan, Milam50 min
Dec 13, 2:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant54 min
Dec 13, 2:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFalls, Milam, Robertson65 min
Dec 13, 2:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin, Dallas, Kaufman, Navarro, Rockwall61 min
Dec 13, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson64 min
Dec 13, 3:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall62 min
Dec 13, 4:01 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains, Van Zandt59 min
Dec 13, 4:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRains, Van Zandt50 min
Dec 13, 4:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon, Robertson43 min
Dec 13, 4:37 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains53 min
Dec 13, 4:47 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt3 hr
Dec 13, 4:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson, Henderson52 min
Dec 13, 5:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLeon3 hr
Dec 13, 5:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt4 hr
Dec 13, 5:46 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone5 hr
Dec 13, 7:56 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDLeon24 hr
Dec 13, 8:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin22 hr
Dec 13, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDLimestone36 hr
Dec 13, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson5 days
Dec 13, 9:11 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt109 min
Dec 13, 1:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman65 hr
Dec 13, 1:28 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin35 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.