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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2009, 9:50 AM CDT for Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It took effect at May 6, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 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, 5:15 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 9:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Hunt County, TX, Rockwall County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 110 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 South Fork Sabine River near Quinlan (QLAT2). The gauge peaked at 10.97 ft at May 7, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08017300, 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 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. 13
In the hours before
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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 | 35 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 |
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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.