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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 2009Jack County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2009, 8:31 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2009, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2009, 8:43 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Jack County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Trinity River near Jacksboro (JAKT2). The gauge peaked at 20.30 ft at May 1, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08042800, 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 May 1, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 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
May 2, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	23 min
May 2, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wise	43 min
May 2, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hood	29 min
May 2, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	61 min
May 2, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	25 min
May 2, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	27 min
May 2, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Tarrant	56 min
May 2, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	33 min
May 2, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton, Wise	58 min
May 2, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	49 min
May 2, 2:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	115 min
May 2, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	52 min
May 2, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Denton	63 min
May 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Montague	24 min
May 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	39 min
May 2, 3:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Grayson	3 hr
May 2, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood	38 min
May 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall	50 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	14 min
May 2, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	43 min
May 2, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Johnson, Parker	45 min
May 2, 4:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall	3 hr
May 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains	52 min
May 2, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	51 min
May 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	67 min
May 2, 4:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains	3 hr
May 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell	67 min
May 2, 4:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
May 2, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	3 hr
May 2, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	63 min
May 2, 5:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	5 hr
May 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
May 2, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton	54 min
May 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	61 min
May 2, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	4 hr

Nearby

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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.