Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2009

River Flood Warning 20, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 29, 2009Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 10:44 PM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2009, 12:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2009, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2009, 12:52 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 9:29 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River at Gainesville (GLLT2). The gauge peaked at 19.64 ft at Apr 30, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08050400, 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, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 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, 8:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
814 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NW LEONARD            33.41N  96.28W
04/29/2009                   FANNIN             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 69 AT FM 981 BETWEEN TRENTON AND LEONARD IS CLOSED
            DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.

Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
816 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

0747 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SHERMAN                 33.62N  96.61W
04/29/2009                   GRAYSON            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
            PARTS OF HWY 56 AND HWY 11 ARE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER
            THE ROADS.

Local storm report, Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
836 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 S GAINESVILLE         33.59N  97.15W
04/29/2009                   COOKE              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            INTERSTATE 35 AT MILE MARKER 493, ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTH
            OF GAINESVILLE, WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
947 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

TXZ091-300345-
MONTAGUE TX-
947 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING AND NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH ACROSS THE COUNTY.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOWIE...NOCONA...SAINT JO...
FORESTBURG AND STONEBURG.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
NEARLY ALL OF MONTAGUE COUNTY IS WATER SOAKED FROM EARLIER STORMS
AND WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
SUCH AS DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3397 9759 3391 9757 3392 9752 3392 9748
      3391 9747 3346 9749 3346 9795 3389 9796
      3386 9786 3389 9780 3400 9768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 225DEG 32KT 3362 9795

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
948 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

TXZ091-300345-
MONTAGUE TX-
948 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MONTAGUE COUNTY

AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS THE COUNTY.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOWIE...NOCONA...SAINT JO...
FORESTBURG AND STONEBURG.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
NEARLY ALL OF MONTAGUE COUNTY IS WATER SOAKED FROM EARLIER STORMS
AND WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MORE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
SUCH AS DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3397 9759 3391 9757 3392 9752 3392 9748
      3391 9747 3346 9749 3346 9795 3389 9796
      3386 9786 3389 9780 3400 9768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 225DEG 32KT 3362 9795

Local storm report, Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1016 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

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

1016 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GAINESVILLE             33.64N  97.15W
04/29/2009                   COOKE              TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HIGH WATER RESCUES AND HOME EVACUATIONS CONTINUING IN
            GAINESVILLE

The office that day

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, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	48 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, 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

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.