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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 22, 2020Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 22, 2020, 8:39 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 22, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2020, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 22, 2020, 9:35 PM CDT
In force: 95 min
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 13:40 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 4.57 ft at Apr 21, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT.

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 Apr 22, 5:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 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 22, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	36 min
Apr 22, 8:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	40 min
Apr 22, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls	34 min
Apr 22, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson	58 min
Apr 22, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	26 min
Apr 22, 1:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson	3 hr
Apr 22, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	66 min
Apr 22, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Leon	46 min
Apr 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	91 min
Apr 22, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Leon	34 min
Apr 22, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	55 min
Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	38 min
Apr 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Grayson	22 min
Apr 22, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	49 min
Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	66 min
Apr 22, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Lamar	34 min

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.