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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 14, 2009Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2009, 9:51 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at May 14, 2009, 12:29 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2009, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2009, 12:29 PM CDT
Expired: May 15, 2009, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Hunt County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 16.67 ft at May 14, 2009, 8:00 PM 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 13, 6:32 PM CDT, 15 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:32 PM CDT, 15 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 15 hours 24 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 14, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson, Montague	37 min
May 14, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	32 min
May 14, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin, Grayson, Lamar	31 min
May 14, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hunt	30 min
May 14, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	29 min
May 14, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	27 min
May 14, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	32 min
May 14, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	36 min
May 14, 8:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Denton	24 min
May 14, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	37 min
May 14, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Denton	27 min
May 14, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	30 min
May 14, 9:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	28 min
May 14, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rockwall	30 min
May 14, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	10 hr
May 14, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	29 min
May 14, 11:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	9 hr
May 14, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	32 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.