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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 2009Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 6:10 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2009, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 8:28 AM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Moderate

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 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 29, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:12 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:26 PM CDT, 44 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 28, 7:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	4 hr
Apr 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Robertson	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	37 hr
Apr 29, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	34 min
Apr 29, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	35 min
Apr 29, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	73 min
Apr 29, 11:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	35 min
Apr 29, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke	20 min
Apr 29, 11:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	3 hr
Apr 29, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	27 min
Apr 29, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	24 min
Apr 29, 12:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Grayson	3 hr
Apr 29, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	67 min
Apr 29, 1:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	3 hr
Apr 29, 2:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	55 min
Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	6 hr
Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke, Wise	66 min
Apr 29, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	61 min
Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt	3 hr
Apr 29, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	62 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Montague	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Jack, Wise	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Denton	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	32 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	33 min

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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.