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River Flood Warning 98, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 15, 2018Jack County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 15, 2018, 9:45 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 16, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 15, 2018, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 16, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 17, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jack County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Trinity River near Jacksboro (JAKT2). The gauge peaked at 18.99 ft at Oct 16, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08042800, 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 15, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 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
Oct 15, 9:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	3 hr
Oct 16, 12:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	6 hr
Oct 16, 3:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Johnson, Somervell	9 hr
Oct 16, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills	4 hr
Oct 16, 6:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	5 hr
Oct 16, 7:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	4 days
Oct 16, 7:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	24 hr
Oct 16, 7:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Lampasas	24 hr
Oct 16, 7:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	56 hr
Oct 16, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	5 hr

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.