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River Flood Warning 312, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 26, 2015Delta County, Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 10:18 AM CST for Delta County, Lamar County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 10:44 AM CST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2015, 10:18 AM CST (16:18 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2015, 10:44 AM CST
Expired
Dec 28, 2015, 12:09 PM CST
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Delta County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 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 North Sulphur River near Cooper (CPPT2). The gauge peaked at 29.93 ft at Dec 27, 2015, 8:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
28 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
34 ft
Major stage
37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07343000, 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 26, 5:56 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 5:56 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:03 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
503 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271115-
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-
503 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME
LIKELY BY TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES
AND HAIL.

HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE TO KILLEEN.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS
SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A COLD FRONT WHICH
SHOULD BE NEAR A LINE FROM BONHAM TO TERRELL TO KILLEN AT
DAYBREAK. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END AS THE FRONT MOVES
EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE TO KILLEEN THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP WEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO MINERAL WELLS
TO GAINESVILLE LINE SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS
TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF
EASTLAND...JACK...STEPHENS...PALO PINTO...YOUNG AND MONTAGUE
WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE AS FAR EAST AS BONHAM TO DALLAS
TO HILLSBORO TO LAMPASAS. GENERALLY LITTLE TO NO ACCUMUALTION OR
IMPACTS TO TRAVELS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS DUE TO
TEMPERATURES STAYING ABOVE FREEZING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 5:06 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchFWDEastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young24 hr
Dec 26, 1:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMcLennan23 min
Dec 26, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFreestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson47 min
Dec 26, 1:49 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill, Limestone, Navarro41 min
Dec 26, 2:26 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Navarro23 min
Dec 26, 2:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung44 min
Dec 26, 2:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson28 min
Dec 26, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt40 min
Dec 26, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung31 min
Dec 26, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt32 min
Dec 26, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro45 min
Dec 26, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson24 min
Dec 26, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDKaufman36 min
Dec 26, 3:25 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt35 min
Dec 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt30 min
Dec 26, 3:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWDClay49 min
Dec 26, 3:44 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman31 min
Dec 26, 3:48 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHopkins27 min
Dec 26, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt25 min
Dec 26, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro33 min
Dec 26, 4:07 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt27 min
Dec 26, 4:28 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt32 min
Dec 26, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan45 min
Dec 26, 4:33 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill27 min
Dec 26, 4:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague43 min
Dec 26, 4:44 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHopkins31 min
Dec 26, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt38 min
Dec 26, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEllis36 min
Dec 26, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill41 min
Dec 26, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan33 min
Dec 26, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDDallas47 min
Dec 26, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Johnson47 min
Dec 26, 5:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro38 min
Dec 26, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Dallas18 min

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.