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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 13, 2019Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2019, 3:40 PM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 13, 2019, 6:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2019, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2019, 6:30 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 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 20:42 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 16.92 ft at Apr 14, 2019, 8:00 AM CDT.

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 Apr 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 13, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 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
Apr 12, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	23 min
Apr 12, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	26 min
Apr 12, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	37 min
Apr 12, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	37 min
Apr 12, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	39 min
Apr 13, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	55 min
Apr 13, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	31 min
Apr 13, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	26 min
Apr 13, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	59 min
Apr 13, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	37 min
Apr 13, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	56 min
Apr 13, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	33 min
Apr 13, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	65 min
Apr 13, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	36 min
Apr 13, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	30 min
Apr 13, 3:10 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 31 more	27 hr
Apr 13, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	56 min
Apr 13, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	23 min
Apr 13, 6:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	37 min
Apr 13, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	26 min
Apr 13, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	39 min
Apr 13, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	24 min
Apr 13, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	29 min
Apr 13, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	32 min
Apr 13, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson	62 min
Apr 13, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton, Montague, Tarrant, Wise	53 min
Apr 13, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant, Wise	50 min
Apr 13, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam	62 min
Apr 13, 9:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	43 min
Apr 13, 9:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, McLennan	58 min
Apr 13, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Navarro	59 min
Apr 13, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	37 min
Apr 13, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant	43 min
Apr 13, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	28 min
Apr 13, 10:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	34 min
Apr 13, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	60 min
Apr 13, 10:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Milam, Robertson	43 min
Apr 13, 10:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant	25 min
Apr 13, 10:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Denton, Tarrant	38 min
Apr 13, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	29 min
Apr 13, 11:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
Apr 13, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	20 min
Apr 13, 11:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	FWD	Robertson	43 min
Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Robertson	30 min
Apr 13, 11:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	FWD	Leon, Robertson	48 min
Apr 13, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	29 min
Apr 13, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis	51 min
Apr 13, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	48 min
Apr 13, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	33 min
Apr 13, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	55 min
Apr 13, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	23 min
Apr 13, 1:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr
Apr 13, 3:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	40 hr
Apr 13, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	45 hr
Apr 13, 5:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	20 hr

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.