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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 18, 2015Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2015, 10:32 AM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at May 19, 2015, 8:42 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2015, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2015, 8:42 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2015, 8:46 PM CDT
In force: 14 days
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Sulphur River near Cooper (COPT2). The gauge peaked at 19.36 ft at May 25, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07342500, 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 18, 10:14 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 10:14 AM CDT, 18 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
May 17, 7:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis	12 hr
May 18, 6:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	20 hr
May 18, 7:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Robertson	3 hr
May 18, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	41 min
May 18, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	45 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	46 min
May 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Robertson	2 hr
May 18, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	45 min
May 18, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	38 min
May 18, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	119 min
May 18, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Somervell	40 min
May 18, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	49 min
May 18, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	28 min
May 18, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	44 min
May 18, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	43 min
May 18, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Mills	40 min
May 18, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	41 min
May 18, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan	2 hr
May 18, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan	48 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.