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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2009, 2:38 PM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2009, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2009, 8:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point South Sulphur River near Cooper (COPT2). The gauge peaked at 16.46 ft at May 16, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07342500, 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, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:20 AM CDT, 11 hours 18 minutes 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, 2:17 PM CDT, 21 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 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, 7:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 25 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 |
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.