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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 13, 2009Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2009, 4:11 PM CDT for Navarro County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 13, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2009, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2009, 7:13 AM CDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

County Navarro County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chambers Creek near Rice (RCET2). The gauge peaked at 30.29 ft at Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08064100, 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 13, 3:29 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:29 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 3:31 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1116 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009

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

1115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N SULPHUR SPRINGS     33.16N  95.60W
10/13/2009                   HOPKINS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 19 JUST NORTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS IS UNDER WATER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1159 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009

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

1157 AM     FLASH FLOOD      TERRELL                 32.73N  96.28W
10/13/2009                   KAUFMAN            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS AROUND THE COUNTY ARE STILL UNDER WATER
            AND CLOSED.

Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1204 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009

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

1203 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WHITNEY                 31.97N  97.33W
10/13/2009                   HILL               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CLOSURES--FM309 COTTONWOOD CR...CR1258/1248/1240 NEAR
            WHITNEY

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 2:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 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
Oct 13, 8:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill	2 hr
Oct 13, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	28 hr
Oct 13, 9:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson and 9 more	10 hr
Oct 13, 9:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	113 min
Oct 13, 9:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	115 min
Oct 13, 9:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis	3 hr
Oct 13, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	5 days
Oct 13, 10:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque	3 hr
Oct 13, 10:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill	4 hr
Oct 13, 11:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	3 hr
Oct 13, 12:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins	3 hr
Oct 13, 12:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis	3 hr
Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Van Zandt	3 hr
Oct 13, 1:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	74 min
Oct 13, 2:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
Oct 13, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Kaufman, Van Zandt	4 hr
Oct 13, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Limestone	3 hr
Oct 13, 4:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every 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.