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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 14, 2009Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 14, 2009, 2:19 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 14, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 14, 2009, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 14, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 16, 2009, 9:47 AM CDT
In force: 48 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 07:23 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 33.33 ft at Sep 15, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT.

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 Sep 13, 11:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 11:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 2:59 PM CDT, 11 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
259 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141215-
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-
259 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING IN
SOUTHWEST NORTH TEXAS...AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE AREA.

SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF
AND ON ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH MOST ACTIVITY...HOWEVER
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE MONDAY WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SLIGHT CHANCES OF STORMS WILL
RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 8:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 13, 9:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 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
Sep 13, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	3 hr
Sep 13, 8:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt	3 hr
Sep 13, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	61 hr
Sep 13, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt	9 hr
Sep 13, 9:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	3 hr
Sep 13, 10:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	4 hr
Sep 14, 2:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Rains	2 hr
Sep 14, 3:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	118 min
Sep 14, 3:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Rains	3 hr
Sep 14, 5:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	114 min
Sep 14, 6:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Van Zandt	114 min
Sep 14, 6:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
Sep 14, 9:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains	3 hr
Sep 14, 11:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	3 hr

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.