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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 18, 2009Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2009, 2:42 PM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2009, 4:06 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2009, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2009, 4:06 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2009, 9:52 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Limestone County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Navasota River above Groesbeck (GRST2). The gauge peaked at 6.57 ft at Apr 18, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08110325, 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 Apr 18, 12:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 12:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
500 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-191100-
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-
500 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
TODAY WITH THE MOST LIKELY AREA LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS TO
LAMPASAS LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MARGINAL SEVERE STORMS
WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS TO LAMPASAS
LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 18, 11:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 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 18, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	29 min
Apr 18, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam, Robertson	50 min
Apr 18, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Limestone	90 min
Apr 18, 7:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	43 min
Apr 18, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	23 min
Apr 18, 9:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Leon, Limestone, Robertson	51 min
Apr 18, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	28 min
Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	37 min
Apr 18, 10:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	2 hr
Apr 18, 10:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	2 hr
Apr 18, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	37 min
Apr 18, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	29 min
Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	23 min
Apr 18, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	33 min
Apr 18, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	23 min
Apr 18, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Somervell	58 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.