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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 5, 200917 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 5, 2009, 4:06 AM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 5, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2009, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2009, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at May 4, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 10:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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
May 4, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	49 min
May 4, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	38 min
May 5, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	30 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lamar	32 min
May 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	35 min
May 5, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	38 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.