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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 14, 2009Anderson County, Freestone County, Leon County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 14, 2009, 2:46 AM CDT for Anderson County, Freestone County, Leon County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2009, 10:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2009, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2009, 10:24 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 12, 2009, 8:11 AM CST
In force: 25 days
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Leon County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Long Lake (Oakwood) (LOLT2). The gauge peaked at 44.40 ft at Oct 31, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08065000, 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, 6:23 PM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 6:23 PM CDT, 8 hours 23 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, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	16 hr
Oct 13, 9:20 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more	13 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.