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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 2, 2023Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2023, 9:39 AM CST for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2023, 6:45 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2023, 9:39 AM CST (15:39 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2023, 6:45 PM CST
Expired: Mar 3, 2023, 2:06 PM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Sulphur River near Cooper (COPT2). The gauge peaked at 14.40 ft at Mar 3, 2023, 11:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07342500, 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 2, 6:01 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 6:01 AM CST, 3 hours 38 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 2, 8:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	53 hr
Mar 2, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	33 hr
Mar 2, 11:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	18 hr
Mar 2, 1:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	46 hr
Mar 2, 1:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	23 hr
Mar 2, 1:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	42 hr
Mar 2, 1:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	48 hr
Mar 2, 2:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker, Wise	55 min
Mar 2, 2:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Denton	63 min
Mar 2, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	53 min
Mar 2, 2:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	43 min
Mar 2, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	35 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	57 min
Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	61 min
Mar 2, 4:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Stephens	29 min
Mar 2, 4:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	55 min
Mar 2, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	67 min
Mar 2, 4:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hopkins	31 min
Mar 2, 4:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	37 min
Mar 2, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Parker	61 min
Mar 2, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	60 min
Mar 2, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	63 min
Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Tarrant	55 min
Mar 2, 5:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	66 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Mills	60 min
Mar 2, 5:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	55 min
Mar 2, 5:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lampasas	64 min
Mar 2, 5:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FWD	Denton	34 min
Mar 2, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FWD	Johnson	78 min

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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.