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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 10, 2008Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2008, 8:08 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2008, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2008, 8:53 AM CDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
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 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 16.23 ft at Mar 10, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT.

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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 Mar 10, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 3:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2008

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111100-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-
330 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING
AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS TO ATHENS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 10, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
304 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2008

TXZ129-100830-
EASTLAND TX-
304 AM CDT MON MAR 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL EASTLAND COUNTY

AT 304 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CISCO...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARBON...CISCO AND EASTLAND.

WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND 1/2 INCH HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3249 9869 3221 9869 3219 9910 3243 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 265DEG 32KT 3236 9894

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung61 min
Mar 9, 8:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins61 hr
Mar 9, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDStephens26 min
Mar 9, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland36 min
Mar 9, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche, Erath34 min
Mar 9, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath40 min
Mar 9, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker, Somervell49 min
Mar 10, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker25 min
Mar 10, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDEastland26 min
Mar 10, 7:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton7 hr
Mar 10, 7:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas14 hr
Mar 10, 8:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall22 hr
Mar 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin13 hr
Mar 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.