Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 69, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 6, 2008, 8:19 AM CDT for Coryell County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 6, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2008, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 8:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Coryell County, TX
The river
Written for the forecast point Cowhouse Creek near Pidcoke (PICT2). The gauge peaked at 12.53 ft at Aug 6, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 35 ft
- Major stage
- 38 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08101000, 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 Aug 6, 6:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 545 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-062200- 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- 545 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A BONHAM TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. MOREOVER...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A BRECKENRIDGE...CENTERVILLE LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...NORTHEAST OF AN EASTLAND...CENTERVILLE LINE. FINALLY...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SATURDAY...MAINLY EAST OF A GRAHAM...CENTERVILLE LINE. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING... ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. 26
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 312 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 TXZ115>117-129>133-141>145-156>161-174-175-061600- STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON- COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL- MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 312 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TODAY ALONG THE PATH OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD... AT 3 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR CLIFTON...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...BUT THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN TODAY BEFORE EDOUARD MOVES INTO WEST TEXAS. THE FAVORED AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TODAY IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE...TO GLEN ROSE...TO KILLEEN. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY EXCEED ONE INCH IN THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH VERY DRY GROUND...CONSIDERABLE RAIN CAN FALL WITH MINIMAL FLOODING IMPACTS. NONETHELESS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISSUES IN LOW-LYING OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ELSEWHERE TODAY...PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS LOW. 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Parker | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 24 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 4 hr |
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.