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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 13, 2017Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2017, 7:04 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 13, 2017, 9:55 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2017, 7:04 AM CDT (12:04 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2017, 9:55 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2017, 3:34 PM CDT
In force
30 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 12:06 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 14.56 ft at Aug 13, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT.

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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 Aug 13, 4:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 4:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt57 min
Aug 12, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt42 min
Aug 12, 7:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt62 hr
Aug 12, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson43 min
Aug 12, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant53 min
Aug 12, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker57 min
Aug 12, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson25 min
Aug 12, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson40 min
Aug 12, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas50 min
Aug 12, 9:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson2 hr
Aug 12, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson48 min
Aug 12, 9:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson117 min
Aug 12, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall51 min
Aug 12, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas2 hr
Aug 12, 10:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt3 hr
Aug 12, 11:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Aug 13, 12:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton3 hr
Aug 13, 2:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins3 hr
Aug 13, 2:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Grayson2 hr
Aug 13, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson5 hr
Aug 13, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Aug 13, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins4 hr
Aug 13, 4:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt2 hr
Aug 13, 6:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt4 hr
Aug 13, 7:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDRains, Van Zandt113 min
Aug 13, 7:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar18 hr
Aug 13, 7:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins30 hr
Aug 13, 8:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
Aug 13, 6:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.