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River Flood Warning 167, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 26, 2018Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2018, 1:14 PM CST for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2018, 11:20 PM CST. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2018, 1:14 PM CST (19:14 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2018, 11:20 PM CST
Expired: Dec 28, 2018, 7:40 PM CST
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 17.38 ft at Dec 27, 2018, 1:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017200, 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 Dec 26, 11:42 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 11:42 AM CST, 1 hour 32 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
Dec 26, 1:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	44 hr
Dec 26, 2:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	47 hr
Dec 26, 2:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	42 hr
Dec 26, 2:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	67 hr
Dec 26, 2:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	19 min
Dec 26, 2:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bosque	14 min
Dec 26, 3:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	46 min
Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	29 min
Dec 26, 4:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	27 min
Dec 26, 4:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Tarrant	115 min
Dec 26, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	53 min
Dec 26, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	60 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every 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.