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River Flood Warning 92, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 21, 2009Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 21, 2009, 9:39 AM CDT for Delta County, Hopkins County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 22, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 21, 2009, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 24, 2009, 9:33 AM CDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delta County, TX, Hopkins County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Sulphur River near Cooper (COPT2). The gauge peaked at 18.83 ft at Oct 22, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07342500, 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 21, 9:02 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 9:02 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 8:48 AM CDT, 51 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 21, 8:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Hood, Johnson, Montague, Parker, Tarrant and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 21, 1:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hill, Johnson and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 21, 4:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman and 3 more	4 hr
Oct 21, 5:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	117 min
Oct 21, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	2 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.