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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 9, 2009Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 9, 2009, 6:15 AM CDT for Hunt County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 9, 2009, 10:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2009, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2009, 10:48 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 10, 2009, 3:18 PM CDT
In force: 29 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 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cowleech Fork Sabine River at Greenville (GNVT2). The gauge peaked at 16.74 ft at Oct 9, 2009, 10:00 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 Oct 9, 5:45 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 5:45 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 6:05 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101115-
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-
605 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY TODAY. THIS
BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAINFALL TO
ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...THEREFORE THE
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH...BUT IN GENERAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE REGION FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 4:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 4:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 5:16 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 5:26 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 5:34 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
534 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

TXZ162-175-091130-
LEON TX-ROBERTSON TX-
534 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  LEON COUNTY
  ROBERTSON COUNTY

AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF MARLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BREMOND...BUFFALO...
CALVERT...CENTERVILLE...FRANKLIN AND HEARNE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3111 9683 3159 9587 3163 9579 3161 9576
      3157 9574 3154 9576 3134 9565 3129 9567
      3127 9571 3116 9573 3114 9577 3110 9577
      3109 9598 3097 9626 3090 9637 3074 9646
      3070 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 327DEG 27KT 3126 9666

CAVANAUGH

Local storm report, Oct 9, 5:46 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
546 AM CDT FRI OCT 09 2009

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

0330 AM     FLOOD            TRENTON                 33.43N  96.35W
10/09/2009                   FANNIN             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING OF CITY STREETS IN TRENTON REPORTED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens, Young	32 min
Oct 8, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto	30 min
Oct 8, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	35 min
Oct 8, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	33 min
Oct 9, 3:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton	85 min
Oct 9, 3:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	113 min
Oct 9, 3:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
Oct 9, 3:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Oct 9, 3:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	7 hr
Oct 9, 4:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Navarro	25 min
Oct 9, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	16 hr
Oct 9, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Navarro	33 min
Oct 9, 4:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell, McLennan	23 min
Oct 9, 4:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	6 hr
Oct 9, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	92 min
Oct 9, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	26 min
Oct 9, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Falls, Limestone	35 min
Oct 9, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	59 min
Oct 9, 5:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hill	118 min
Oct 9, 5:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	34 hr
Oct 9, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	64 min
Oct 9, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon, Robertson	56 min
Oct 9, 6:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	51 hr
Oct 9, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	35 hr
Oct 9, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	25 hr
Oct 9, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	3 hr
Oct 9, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	11 hr
Oct 9, 10:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan	2 hr
Oct 9, 10:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin	3 hr
Oct 9, 10:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell	105 min
Oct 9, 10:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt	2 hr

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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.