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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 8:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 18:32 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 4, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041100- 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 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND AFFECT ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LINGERING SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO TEMPLE LINE. OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 92
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 4, 9:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Grayson | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Fannin | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Lamar | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton, Mills | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hill | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Robertson | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Limestone | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 4:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 13 hr |
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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.