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River Flood Warning 317, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 28, 2015Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 4:33 AM CST for Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 9:20 AM CST. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 9:20 AM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2015, 7:21 PM CST
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Fork Trinity River near Crandall (CNLT2). The gauge peaked at 18.72 ft at Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08062000, 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 27, 4:34 PM CST, 11 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 4:34 PM CST, 11 hours 59 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 27, 6:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	118 min
Dec 27, 6:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	59 min
Dec 27, 6:54 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	3 hr
Dec 27, 7:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	18 hr
Dec 27, 7:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Rains	18 hr
Dec 27, 8:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt	18 hr
Dec 27, 10:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Leon	6 hr
Dec 27, 10:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	12 hr
Dec 27, 11:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	45 min
Dec 27, 11:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	25 min
Dec 28, 4:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Jack	63 hr
Dec 28, 4:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	24 hr
Dec 28, 8:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	8 days
Dec 28, 1:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	6 hr
Dec 28, 1:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt	6 hr
Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every 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.