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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 20, 2020Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 1:54 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2020, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2020, 7:55 AM 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 06:57 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 16.61 ft at Mar 19, 2020, 2:00 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 Mar 19, 3:13 PM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:13 PM CDT, 10 hours 41 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
Mar 19, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	37 min
Mar 19, 7:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Jack	37 hr
Mar 19, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	29 min
Mar 19, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	40 min
Mar 19, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	50 min
Mar 20, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	29 hr
Mar 20, 3:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	116 min
Mar 20, 3:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hill, McLennan	115 min
Mar 20, 3:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman, Van Zandt	114 min
Mar 20, 6:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	46 hr
Mar 20, 8:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	17 hr
Mar 20, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.