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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 17, 2018Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 17, 2018, 6:24 AM CDT for Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2018, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2018, 8:34 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Milam County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little River near Rockdale (RLRT2). The gauge peaked at 30.73 ft at Oct 17, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
27 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08106350, 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 Oct 16, 3:37 PM CDT, 14 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 3:37 PM CDT, 14 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 3:32 PM CDT, 14 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 8:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell22 hr
Oct 17, 2:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins21 days
Oct 17, 6:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise111 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.