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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 12, 2020Leon County, Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2020, 2:16 PM CDT for Leon County, Robertson County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 13, 2020, 2:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2020, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2020, 2:56 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2020, 7:55 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Leon County, TX, Robertson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Navasota River near Easterly (EAST2). The gauge peaked at 22.64 ft at Apr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08110500, 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 12, 1:39 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:39 PM CDT, 37 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 11, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	65 min
Apr 12, 1:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 32 more	23 hr
Apr 12, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	40 min
Apr 12, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	42 min
Apr 12, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	34 min
Apr 12, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	34 min
Apr 12, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	30 min
Apr 12, 4:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	39 min
Apr 12, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls, McLennan	36 min
Apr 12, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	25 min
Apr 12, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	25 min
Apr 12, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	36 min
Apr 12, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro	62 min
Apr 12, 5:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	45 min
Apr 12, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Navarro	29 min
Apr 12, 6:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Freestone	34 min
Apr 12, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
Apr 12, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson	29 min
Apr 12, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	39 min
Apr 12, 6:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Falls, Limestone	3 hr
Apr 12, 6:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	58 min
Apr 12, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	59 min
Apr 12, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	49 min
Apr 12, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	45 min
Apr 12, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	30 min
Apr 12, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon, Robertson	45 min
Apr 12, 2:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	4 days
Apr 12, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	58 min
Apr 12, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	65 min
Apr 12, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	33 min
Apr 12, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	28 min
Apr 12, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	32 min
Apr 12, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	34 min

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.