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River Flood Warning 103, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 22, 2009Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 22, 2009, 7:26 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 22, 2009, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2009, 8:43 AM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 16.25 ft at Oct 22, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017200, 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 Oct 22, 6:56 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 6:56 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 5:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 22, 2:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
240 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009

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

0239 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LAMPASAS                31.07N  98.18W
10/22/2009                   LAMPASAS           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL STREETS IN LAMPASAS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER

Local storm report, Oct 22, 4:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 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
Oct 21, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	3 hr
Oct 21, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Grayson	3 hr
Oct 21, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Jack, Montague and 5 more	115 min
Oct 21, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton, Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant	5 hr
Oct 21, 9:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	70 hr
Oct 21, 9:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	37 hr
Oct 21, 10:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	35 hr
Oct 21, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	3 hr
Oct 21, 10:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall	3 hr
Oct 21, 10:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Dallas, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Rains and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 21, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	114 min
Oct 21, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr
Oct 21, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar	3 hr
Oct 22, 12:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	27 hr
Oct 22, 12:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Hill, Johnson, McLennan, Somervell	3 hr
Oct 22, 1:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan	3 hr
Oct 22, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Navarro	119 min
Oct 22, 1:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	46 hr
Oct 22, 2:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Rains, Van Zandt	118 min
Oct 22, 3:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant	111 min
Oct 22, 3:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	10 hr
Oct 22, 3:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Lampasas	6 hr
Oct 22, 4:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan	3 hr
Oct 22, 4:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Bosque, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan	3 hr
Oct 22, 4:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	4 hr
Oct 22, 4:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Hill	113 min
Oct 22, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
Oct 22, 5:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	63 hr
Oct 22, 5:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	15 days
Oct 22, 5:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	22 hr
Oct 22, 6:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	2 hr
Oct 22, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	86 min
Oct 22, 8:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	4 hr
Oct 22, 8:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	4 hr
Oct 22, 8:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan	4 hr
Oct 22, 9:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	3 hr
Oct 22, 9:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson	14 hr
Oct 22, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	11 hr
Oct 22, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	12 hr
Oct 22, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	23 hr

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