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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 3, 2008Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2008, 9:45 AM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2008, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 10:09 AM CDT
In force
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 14:48 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 16.27 ft at Apr 4, 2008, 3:00 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 Apr 3, 7:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 5:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:36 AM CDT, 9 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 3, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	54 min
Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	64 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	35 min
Apr 3, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	34 min
Apr 3, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	45 min
Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	31 min
Apr 3, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	57 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	66 min
Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	26 min
Apr 3, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	25 min
Apr 3, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	53 min
Apr 3, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	36 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague, Wise	41 min
Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every 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.