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River Flood Warning 312, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
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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 North Sulphur River near Cooper (CPPT2). The gauge peaked at 29.93 ft at Dec 27, 2015, 8:00 PM CST.
- 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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</html>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. 92
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 5:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FWD | Eastland, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | McLennan | 23 min |
| Dec 26, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 47 min |
| Dec 26, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone, Navarro | 41 min |
| Dec 26, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 23 min |
| Dec 26, 2:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 44 min |
| Dec 26, 2:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson | 28 min |
| Dec 26, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 40 min |
| Dec 26, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 31 min |
| Dec 26, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 32 min |
| Dec 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 45 min |
| Dec 26, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 24 min |
| Dec 26, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 36 min |
| Dec 26, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 35 min |
| Dec 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 30 min |
| Dec 26, 3:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Clay | 49 min |
| Dec 26, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 31 min |
| Dec 26, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 27 min |
| Dec 26, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 25 min |
| Dec 26, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 33 min |
| Dec 26, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 27 min |
| Dec 26, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 32 min |
| Dec 26, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 45 min |
| Dec 26, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 27 min |
| Dec 26, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 43 min |
| Dec 26, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 31 min |
| Dec 26, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 38 min |
| Dec 26, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 36 min |
| Dec 26, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 41 min |
| Dec 26, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 33 min |
| Dec 26, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 47 min |
| Dec 26, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 47 min |
| Dec 26, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 38 min |
| Dec 26, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 18 min |
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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.