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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 18, 2016Bosque County, McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2016, 7:19 AM CDT for Bosque County, McLennan County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2016, 8:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2016, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2016, 8:35 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2016, 2:53 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bosque County, TX, McLennan County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Bosque River at Valley Mills (VMAT2).

Action stage
34 ft
Minor stage
36 ft
Moderate stage
39 ft
Major stage
44 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08095200, 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 Apr 18, 7:03 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 7:03 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 4:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls55 min
Apr 17, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone55 min
Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDNavarro3 hr
Apr 17, 9:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone3 hr
Apr 17, 9:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Limestone, Milam6 hr
Apr 17, 10:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Leon3 hr
Apr 18, 1:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood and 4 more6 hr
Apr 18, 1:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Ellis3 hr
Apr 18, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
Apr 18, 3:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell24 hr
Apr 18, 3:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHill, McLennan, Navarro3 hr
Apr 18, 4:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas14 hr
Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDJohnson6 hr
Apr 18, 5:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Leon and 4 more3 hr
Apr 18, 6:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto33 hr
Apr 18, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman5 days

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.