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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 11, 2015Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2015, 10:54 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It took effect at May 12, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2015, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2015, 11:48 PM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Sandy Creek (Trinity River Basin) near Bridgeport (BRPT2). The gauge peaked at 12.48 ft at May 12, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08044000, 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 May 11, 7:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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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.