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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 8:12 PM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2009, 11:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2009, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2009, 11:16 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2009, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 01:12 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 17.15 ft at Apr 30, 2009, 3:00 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 Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-301200- 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- 645 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND TRAINING CELLS IS THE MAIN THREAT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 ON THURSDAY. A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Montague | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 10:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 11 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 12:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 33 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 25 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Wise | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt, Rains, Rockwall | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 3:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson, Montague | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Denton | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 5:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Tarrant | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Rockwall | 90 min |
| Apr 30, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 22 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.