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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 11, 2009Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2009, 11:14 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 12, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2009, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2009, 8:57 AM CDT
In force
50 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Rosser (RSRT2). The gauge peaked at 31.84 ft at Jun 13, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
31 ft
Moderate stage
36 ft
Major stage
38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08062500, 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 Jun 11, 7:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
757 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

.UPDATE...
ANOTHER UPDATE TO EXTEND WATCH 372 UNTIL 10 AM AND CANCEL WATCH
373. ALSO INCLUDED YOUNG...DENTON...COLLIN...AND ROCKWALL
COUNTIES. APPEARS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A
LINE FROM ATHENS TO DALLAS TO GRAHAM FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE
LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO FEED INTO THIS AREA JUST SOUTH OF A
SURFACE BOUNDARY AND FLASH FLOODING STILL LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.
A NEW WATCH BOX MAY BE NEEDED AT 10 AM.

82/JLD

&&

.AVIATION...
STRONG STORMS STILL ONGOING JUST NORTH OF THE METROPLEX TAF SITES.
CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY SHOWING NO SIGNS OF CONTINUING TO BACK
BUILD AND SHOULD BE AWAY FROM KFTW AND KAFW BY 13Z AND THROUGH
KDFW AND KDAL BY 14Z. OVERNIGHT RAIN HAS SATURATED THE LOW LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE CAUSING CIGS TO BOUNCE IN AND OUT OF MVFR CONDS
AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID-MORNING. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
LOCATED NEAR THE RED RIVER WITH LIFR AND IFR CIGS ARE ALONG AND
BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. DO NOT ANTICIPATE THESE TO MOVE INTO THE TAF
SITES BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE INTRODUCED A VCTS
GROUP IN THE METROPLEX TAF SITES FOR 22Z-03Z THIS EVENING.
CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON HOW AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL PLAY OUT AND FURTHER
TAF ISSUANCE WILL FINE TUNE FORECAST.

85/NH

&&

.PREV UPDATE...
.UPDATE...
UPDATED GRIDS TO REFLECT ONGOING PRECIPITATION TRENDS. ADJUSTED POPS
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND INCLUDED NEW SEVERE WATCH 373 IN THE
SOUTHEAST.

82/JLD

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009/
ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ERUPTED OVER
THE METROPLEX IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN
WISE COUNTY INTO HENDERSON COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS BECOMING THE
MAIN THREAT AS THESE STORMS ARE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AND ARE
TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA
THOUGH 8 AM. SOME SMALL HAIL AND ISOLATED HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO
BEING REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSISTENT ZONAL PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER CENTRAL MEXICO. EMBEDDED IMPULSES AND
SHORTWAVES IN THE UPPER LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW WILL TRANSGRESS THE
REGION AND ANOTHER MCS IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN BE HIGH TODAY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH PWATS OF 1.5-2 INCHES WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE SO THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP LATER TODAY. CANNOT PIN POINT EXACTLY
WHEN AND WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OR MCS WILL DEVELOP SO WILL CARRY 30
POPS AREAWIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AS PERSISTENT SYNOPTIC PATTERN CONTINUES.
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS WELL.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS STILL FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE REGION BY
MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND TRIPLE DIGITS.
DID NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AT THIS
TIME...BUT THE GFS TRIES TO PUSH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE INTO THE
SOUTHEAST CONUS DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER
THE WESTERN CONUS WHILE THE ECMWF HOLDS THE RIDGE STRONGLY OVER
THE REGION.

82/JLD

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX  95  75  98  78 101 /  70  30  20  20  20
WACO, TX              94  76 100  78 102 /  30  30  20  20  20
PARIS, TX             91  72  96  75  96 /  30  30  20  20  20
DENTON, TX            95  72  98  76 100 /  50  30  20  20  20
MCKINNEY, TX          93  72  98  75  97 /  50  30  20  20  20
DALLAS, TX            96  77 100  80 102 /  80  30  20  20  20
TERRELL, TX           92  72  97  76  97 /  80  30  20  20  20
CORSICANA, TX         96  76  98  77 100 /  80  30  20  20  20
TEMPLE, TX            96  76  99  76 101 /  30  30  20  20  20

&&

.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

85/82
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
621 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121200-
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-
621 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE CONTINUES TO BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOOD THE MAIN
THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ANOTHER LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN SCATTERED
LOCATIONS BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEK.
HEAT INDEX VALUES AT TIMES MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 105 TO 110 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

82/JLD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
953 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0952 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DALLAS                  32.79N  96.77W
06/11/2009                   DALLAS             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE BRANCHES DOWN... GASTON AVE SIDE STREETS
Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
956 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 AM     FLASH FLOOD      DALLAS                  32.79N  96.77W
06/11/2009                   DALLAS             TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR FAIR PARK UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton55 min
Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson53 min
Jun 10, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson55 min
Jun 10, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche59 min
Jun 10, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas3 hr
Jun 10, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall39 min
Jun 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Hunt61 min
Jun 10, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton, Mills65 min
Jun 10, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton3 hr
Jun 10, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Rockwall17 min
Jun 10, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt60 min
Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Kaufman, Rockwall3 hr
Jun 10, 8:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis3 hr
Jun 10, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Lamar, Rains, Van Zandt84 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro57 min
Jun 10, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills56 min
Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson, Van Zandt48 min
Jun 10, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker27 min
Jun 10, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar17 min
Jun 10, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell62 min
Jun 10, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDPalo Pinto25 min
Jun 10, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDFreestone33 min
Jun 10, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker58 min
Jun 10, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
Jun 10, 10:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell2 hr
Jun 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam30 min
Jun 10, 10:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant118 min
Jun 10, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant62 min
Jun 10, 11:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 11, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman27 min
Jun 11, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson26 min
Jun 11, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson23 min
Jun 11, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis39 min
Jun 11, 2:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker, Tarrant118 min
Jun 11, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Tarrant66 min
Jun 11, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas6 hr
Jun 11, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas63 min
Jun 11, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman58 min
Jun 11, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman119 min
Jun 11, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson, Tarrant64 min
Jun 11, 3:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson66 min
Jun 11, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman46 min
Jun 11, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton58 min
Jun 11, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro66 min
Jun 11, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis31 min
Jun 11, 4:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson37 min
Jun 11, 4:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis3 hr
Jun 11, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas30 min
Jun 11, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson54 min
Jun 11, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone, Navarro53 min
Jun 11, 5:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant, Wise3 hr
Jun 11, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson53 min
Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton32 min
Jun 11, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton53 min
Jun 11, 7:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas7 hr
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin113 min
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDKaufman23 min
Jun 11, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung32 min
Jun 11, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas29 min
Jun 11, 7:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman3 hr
Jun 11, 8:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas53 hr
Jun 11, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJack36 min
Jun 11, 8:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDTarrant112 min
Jun 11, 8:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas3 hr
Jun 11, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson29 min
Jun 11, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas34 min
Jun 11, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker26 min
Jun 11, 9:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Jun 11, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas51 min
Jun 11, 9:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker30 min
Jun 11, 9:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson23 min
Jun 11, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman62 min
Jun 11, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker, Tarrant3 hr
Jun 11, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant64 min
Jun 11, 10:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman3 hr
Jun 11, 10:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas6 hr
Jun 11, 10:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson32 min
Jun 11, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson41 min
Jun 11, 11:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt37 min
Jun 11, 11:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall4 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.