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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 6, 2009Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2009, 9:50 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at May 6, 2009, 11:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2009, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2009, 11:37 AM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2009, 8:33 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Moderate

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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 16.91 ft at May 7, 2009, 1:00 AM 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 May 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
436 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071100-
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-
436 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A GRAHAM TO HEARNE LINE
TODAY. LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL BE
GREATEST NORTHWEST OF A BOWIE TO KAUFMAN LINE THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO
PALESTINE LINE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF
NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT. STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF AN
EASTLAND TO PALESTINE LINE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A BOWIE TO KAUFMAN LINE
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 7:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 7:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 7:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 8:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 9:16 AM CDT, 34 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 5, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	54 min
May 5, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto, Stephens	62 min
May 5, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Erath	27 min
May 5, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	25 min
May 5, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Wise	56 min
May 5, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	22 min
May 6, 4:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	27 min
May 6, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	57 min
May 6, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	35 min
May 6, 5:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	43 min
May 6, 5:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	66 min
May 6, 5:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Grayson	57 min
May 6, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	62 min
May 6, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	53 min
May 6, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Rockwall	60 min
May 6, 6:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	63 min
May 6, 6:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson	3 hr
May 6, 7:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Grayson, Hunt	3 hr
May 6, 8:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	2 hr
May 6, 9:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	29 min
May 6, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin	90 min
May 6, 9:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	11 hr
May 6, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	4 days
May 6, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	23 hr
May 6, 11:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	21 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.