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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 10, 2008Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 10, 2008, 11:02 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 10, 2008, 3:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2008, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 10, 2008, 3:48 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 11, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hunt County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2). The gauge peaked at 15.52 ft at Jun 10, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017300, 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 Jun 10, 10:24 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 10:24 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
644 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 AM     FLOOD            EDGEWOOD                32.69N  95.88W
06/10/2008                   VAN ZANDT          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL ROADS. SEVERAL STALLED
            VEHICLES DUE TO FLOODING.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
647 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0644 AM     FLOOD            FRUITVALE               32.68N  95.80W
06/10/2008                   VAN ZANDT          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL ROADS. STALLED VEHICLES
            DUE TO FLOODING.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
656 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

TXZ120-101230-
ROCKWALL TX-
656 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  ROCKWALL COUNTY

AT 656 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF ROCKWALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FATE...HEATH...ROCKWALL AND
ROYSE CITY.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PEA-SIZED
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3283 9630 3283 9652 3297 9652 3298 9648
      3298 9644 3299 9644 3299 9639 3298 9632
      3288 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1156Z 298DEG 13KT 3290 9636

SCHULTZ

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
726 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

TXZ120-121-101300-
ROCKWALL TX-KAUFMAN TX-
726 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY
  SOUTHERN ROCKWALL COUNTY

AT 726 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ROWLETT TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLS POINT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FORNEY...HEATH...ROCKWALL
AND TERRELL.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
PEA-SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3271 9651 3283 9652 3293 9652 3292 9629
      3285 9629 3285 9608 3271 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 334DEG 12KT 3284 9649 3284 9608

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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
Jun 10, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	24 min
Jun 10, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	24 min
Jun 10, 4:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Jun 10, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	25 min
Jun 10, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	33 min
Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	2 hr
Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	2 hr
Jun 10, 6:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Van Zandt	117 min
Jun 10, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	34 min
Jun 10, 7:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	2 hr
Jun 10, 7:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	105 min
Jun 10, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson	3 hr
Jun 10, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	34 min
Jun 10, 7:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	2 hr
Jun 10, 7:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	2 hr
Jun 10, 7:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman, Rockwall	2 hr
Jun 10, 8:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman	2 hr

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.