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River Flood Warning 164, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 11, 2016Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 12, 2016, 1:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 12, 2016, 1:56 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 14, 2016, 8:54 AM CDT
In force: 55 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 01:23 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).

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 Jun 11, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT, 8 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
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	32 min
Jun 11, 9:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Stephens, Young	119 min
Jun 12, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	28 hr
Jun 12, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	16 days
Jun 12, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	31 hr
Jun 12, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	58 hr
Jun 12, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	17 min
Jun 12, 4:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Denton	117 min
Jun 12, 4:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	55 min
Jun 12, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	14 min
Jun 12, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	27 min
Jun 12, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Dallas	34 min
Jun 12, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	59 min
Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin	2 hr
Jun 12, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	23 min
Jun 12, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt	34 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	60 min
Jun 12, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	39 min
Jun 12, 6:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	62 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.