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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It took effect at May 3, 2009, 12:42 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2009, 12:42 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2009, 9:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Denton County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Denton Creek near Justin (DCJT2). The gauge peaked at 11.11 ft at May 3, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08053500, 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 2, 10:29 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 10:29 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031100- 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- 400 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A STORM TO BECOME TORNADIC...PARTICULARLY NEAR OR SOUTH OF A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NORTHEAST OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...WITH THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINING IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN AGAIN IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 25
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains, Van Zandt | 66 min |
| May 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 62 min |
| May 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| May 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 63 min |
| May 2, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 107 min |
| May 2, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 37 hr |
| May 2, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rockwall | 43 hr |
| May 2, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 37 hr |
| May 2, 9:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 39 hr |
| May 2, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 83 min |
| May 2, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin, Denton, Rockwall | 24 min |
| May 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| May 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Ellis | 94 min |
| May 2, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Fannin, Grayson, Rockwall | 32 min |
| May 2, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 66 min |
| May 2, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 61 min |
| May 2, 10:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 2, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains | 76 min |
| May 2, 10:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Lamar | 3 hr |
| May 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 2 hr |
| May 2, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 38 min |
| May 2, 11:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 9 hr |
| May 2, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 9 hr |
| May 2, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 25 min |
| May 3, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hopkins | 22 min |
| May 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Hunt | 25 min |
| May 3, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 3, 1:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 21 hr |
| May 3, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Comanche | 32 min |
| May 3, 2:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 19 hr |
| May 3, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 49 min |
| May 3, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman | 35 min |
| May 3, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 31 min |
| May 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 37 min |
| May 3, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Collin | 25 min |
| May 3, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bosque | 23 min |
| May 3, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas | 30 min |
| May 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 32 min |
| May 3, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 67 min |
| May 3, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 2 hr |
| May 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 3 hr |
| May 3, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Falls, Freestone, Limestone, Milam, Robertson | 28 min |
| May 3, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 3, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 51 min |
| May 3, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Milam and 2 more | 92 min |
| May 3, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 41 min |
| May 3, 7:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 4 hr |
| May 3, 7:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| May 3, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 5 days |
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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.