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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 9, 2008Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2008, 9:02 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2008, 9:02 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2008, 9:04 AM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
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 01:00 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 17.62 ft at Mar 10, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT.

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 9, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 7:22 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 minute 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 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	61 min
Mar 9, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	26 min
Mar 9, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	36 min
Mar 9, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Erath	34 min
Mar 9, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	40 min
Mar 9, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Parker, Somervell	49 min
Mar 10, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	25 min
Mar 10, 3:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	26 min
Mar 10, 7:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	7 hr
Mar 10, 7:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	14 hr
Mar 10, 8:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	25 hr
Mar 10, 8:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	22 hr
Mar 10, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	13 hr
Mar 10, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	3 days

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.