Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2009, 7:21 AM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at May 16, 2009, 12:11 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2009, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2009, 12:11 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2009, 8:03 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Collin County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 East Fork Trinity River at McKinney (MCKT2).
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08059000, 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 16, 6:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-170830- 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- 320 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY... AND MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST 1/3 TONIGHT. SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... LOCALIZED FLOODING AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ISOLATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ANYWHERE IN NORTH TEXAS TODAY...AND MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
138 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
TXZ100-101-116-160745-
JACK TX-YOUNG TX-PALO PINTO TX-
138 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN JACK COUNTY
NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN YOUNG COUNTY
AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF JACKSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRYSON...GRAFORD AND MINERAL
WELLS.
BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3303 9812 3280 9806 3281 9856 3330 9847
3337 9827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 337DEG 19KT 3325 9833Special weather statement, May 16, 2:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
212 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
TXZ115-116-160745-
PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-
212 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
PALO PINTO COUNTY
STEPHENS COUNTY
AT 211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF GRAHAM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BRECKENRIDGE...CRYSTAL
FALLS...NECESSITY AND POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK.
HALF INCH SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THIS STORM.
IF THIS STORM INTENSIFIES...A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3278 9906 3296 9879 3295 9835 3260 9816
3260 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 327DEG 31KT 3288 9860
CAVANAUGHSpecial weather statement, May 16, 2:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
248 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
TXZ117>119-160845-
PARKER TX-TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-
248 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
DALLAS COUNTY
SOUTHERN PARKER COUNTY
TARRANT COUNTY
AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHLAND HILLS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE THE DALLAS...FORT WORTH
METROPLEX AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES...WEATHERFORD AND ALEDO.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3278 9805 3285 9720 3300 9696 3298 9654
3297 9654 3256 9652 3256 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 335DEG 17KT 3276 9717
CAVANAUGHSpecial weather statement, May 16, 3:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
TXZ129-130-141-160930-
EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX-COMANCHE TX-
326 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY
EASTLAND COUNTY
ERATH COUNTY
AT 325 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY AND
NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CISCO...DE LEON...DUBLIN...
EASTLAND...GORMAN...RANGER...RISING STAR...STEPHENVILLE...HUCKABAY
AND MORGAN MILL.
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THESE STORM.
LAT...LON 3251 9911 3251 9806 3211 9788 3192 9881
3209 9889 3210 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 355DEG 21KT 3242 9847The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 52 min |
| May 15, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Montague | 31 min |
| May 15, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Young | 33 min |
| May 16, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 65 min |
| May 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack, Wise, Young | 59 min |
| May 16, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Jack | 67 min |
| May 16, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 33 min |
| May 16, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Dallas, Parker, Tarrant | 57 min |
| May 16, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 64 min |
| May 16, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 112 min |
| May 16, 6:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 23 hr |
| May 16, 11:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 28 min |
| May 16, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon | 29 min |
| May 16, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 17 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every 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.