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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 2009Hunt County, Texas

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.

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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, Apr 29, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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

Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:12 PM CDT, 3 hours before
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Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHopkins, Hunt2 hr
Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Montague3 hr
Apr 29, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Grayson3 hr
Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague58 min
Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague57 min
Apr 29, 10:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCooke11 hr
Apr 29, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Montague6 hr
Apr 29, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson6 hr
Apr 29, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague60 min
Apr 30, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young64 min
Apr 30, 12:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin33 hr
Apr 30, 12:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin25 hr
Apr 30, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague50 min
Apr 30, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise55 min
Apr 30, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise44 min
Apr 30, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton48 min
Apr 30, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack23 min
Apr 30, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack36 min
Apr 30, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDWise27 min
Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise61 min
Apr 30, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHunt, Rains, Rockwall26 min
Apr 30, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton26 min
Apr 30, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack37 min
Apr 30, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton27 min
Apr 30, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack31 min
Apr 30, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin30 min
Apr 30, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise66 min
Apr 30, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton, Tarrant2 hr
Apr 30, 5:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson, Montague6 hr
Apr 30, 5:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton22 min
Apr 30, 5:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant23 min
Apr 30, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Rockwall90 min
Apr 30, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCollin55 min
Apr 30, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas22 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every 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.