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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 4, 2008Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2008, 4:21 PM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2008, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2008, 5:14 AM CDT
In force: 13 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 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 15.54 ft at Apr 4, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT.

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 Apr 4, 3:35 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:35 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 3:40 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 10:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 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, 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, 1:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	7 hr

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.