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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 28, 2009Freestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2009, 4:48 PM CDT for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2009, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2009, 6:51 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Freestone County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 28, 3:59 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:59 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:05 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
405 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291215-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
405 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND FLASH
FLOODING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY
THROUGH MONDAY AS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE
PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SOME SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

82/JLD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
200 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

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

0212 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NE TEAGUE             31.67N  96.23W
04/28/2009                   FREESTONE          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER THE ROAD AT FM 1366 AND HWY 84W.

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:12 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:12 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:19 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:34 PM CDT, 14 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 27, 7:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	14 hr
Apr 28, 7:36 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Eastland and 19 more	3 hr
Apr 28, 8:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Limestone	119 min
Apr 28, 9:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	2 hr
Apr 28, 10:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone	59 min
Apr 28, 10:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	2 hr
Apr 28, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	3 hr
Apr 28, 11:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	57 hr
Apr 28, 12:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	34 min
Apr 28, 12:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Falls, Robertson	85 min
Apr 28, 12:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
Apr 28, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Robertson	26 min
Apr 28, 1:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Robertson	114 min
Apr 28, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Apr 28, 2:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	4 hr
Apr 28, 2:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	6 hr
Apr 28, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Robertson	30 min
Apr 28, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	43 min
Apr 28, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	31 min
Apr 28, 4:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	33 min
Apr 28, 4:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Robertson	3 hr
Apr 28, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	2 hr
Apr 28, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hill	3 hr
Apr 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Robertson	49 min

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.