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River Flood Warning 296, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 13, 2015Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2015, 1:28 PM CST for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2015, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2015, 2:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 16, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 52 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Rosser (RSRT2). The gauge peaked at 30.85 ft at Dec 14, 2015, 9:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 31 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08062500, 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 13, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 11:55 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 13, 9:03 AM CST, 4 hours 25 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
Dec 12, 6:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson	3 hr
Dec 12, 6:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	3 hr
Dec 12, 7:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	44 hr
Dec 12, 7:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	42 hr
Dec 12, 7:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon	3 hr
Dec 12, 7:55 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Dec 12, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon	3 hr
Dec 12, 10:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	65 min
Dec 12, 10:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt	2 hr
Dec 12, 11:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Jack, Palo Pinto, Young	61 min
Dec 12, 11:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	48 min
Dec 12, 11:53 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon, Van Zandt	6 hr
Dec 13, 12:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath, Hood, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker and 2 more	63 min
Dec 13, 12:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas	60 min
Dec 13, 12:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Lampasas	53 min
Dec 13, 1:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	55 min
Dec 13, 1:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell, Hill, Johnson, McLennan	66 min
Dec 13, 1:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	37 min
Dec 13, 1:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	41 min
Dec 13, 1:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Grayson and 3 more	53 min
Dec 13, 1:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell, Falls, Hill, McLennan, Milam	50 min
Dec 13, 2:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	54 min
Dec 13, 2:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls, Milam, Robertson	65 min
Dec 13, 2:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Kaufman, Navarro, Rockwall	61 min
Dec 13, 3:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	64 min
Dec 13, 3:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall	62 min
Dec 13, 4:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	59 min
Dec 13, 4:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	50 min
Dec 13, 4:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	43 min
Dec 13, 4:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains	53 min
Dec 13, 4:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Dec 13, 4:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	52 min
Dec 13, 5:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Leon	3 hr
Dec 13, 5:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	4 hr
Dec 13, 5:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	5 hr
Dec 13, 7:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Leon	24 hr
Dec 13, 8:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	22 hr
Dec 13, 8:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	36 hr
Dec 13, 8:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Dec 13, 9:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	109 min
Dec 13, 1:28 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	35 hr

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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.