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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 8, 2015Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2015, 12:46 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2015, 12:46 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 11, 2015, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 42 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 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2). The gauge peaked at 16.15 ft at Mar 10, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT.

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 Mar 8, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 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
Mar 9, 9:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	47 hr
Mar 9, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	46 hr
Mar 9, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days

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.