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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 6, 2008Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 6, 2008, 4:14 PM CDT for Coryell County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 9, 2008, 7:17 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2008, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 9, 2008, 7:17 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 6, 2008, 8:21 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Coryell County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Leon River at Gatesville (GAST2). The gauge peaked at 14.79 ft at Aug 7, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08100500, 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, 3:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 1:14 PM CDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 1:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 1:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 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
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, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	12 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

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.