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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 23, 2015Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2015, 6:20 AM CST for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2015, 9:46 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2015, 6:20 AM CST (12:20 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2015, 9:46 AM CST
Expired: Feb 24, 2015, 1:12 AM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hunt County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 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 South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2). The gauge peaked at 14.85 ft at Feb 23, 2015, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017300, 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 Feb 22, 4:00 PM CST, 14 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 4:00 PM CST, 14 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 3:15 PM CST, 15 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
315 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-232115-
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-
315 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH MONDAY FOR AREAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO GLEN ROSE TO CANTON. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE SAME LINE BEGINNING AT 9 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH
MONDAY.

WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THE WINTER
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY...THEN CHANGE
OVER TO SLEET. THE SLEET AND ICE WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK AND
DANGEROUS. ALSO...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
AND BRIEF HEAVY SLEET LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF NORTH TX.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY. SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN
WILL BE ON GOING MONDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY...THEN SHIFTING TO AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO GOLDTHWAITE
LINE MONDAY TUESDAY. ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE AND
ONE HALF OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF
THE WARNING AREA AND UP TO 1 INCH ELSEWHERE. LIGHTER ICE AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THE ICE AND
SLEET WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK AND DANGEROUS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TX MONDAY MORNING.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGS LOW CHANCES OF A MIX
OF RAIN AND SNOW TO NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 5:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	32 min
Feb 23, 6:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	58 min
Feb 23, 6:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	29 hr
Feb 23, 7:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	29 min
Feb 23, 3:46 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin and 14 more	24 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.