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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 9, 2010Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2010, 1:11 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2010, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2010, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity
Minor

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Trinity River near Boyd (BOYT2). The gauge peaked at 16.34 ft at Sep 9, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08044500, 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 8, 6:30 PM CDT, 18 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 6:30 PM CDT, 18 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 6:00 PM CDT, 19 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 PM CDT WED SEP 8 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091215-
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-
600 PM CDT WED SEP 8 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
...TORNADOES POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING....
...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
HALF OF THE REGION. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON
THURSDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS
DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION
WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR FLOODING REPORTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke39 min
Sep 8, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin12 hr
Sep 8, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman3 days
Sep 8, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro7 days
Sep 8, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro60 hr
Sep 9, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas, Rockwall26 min
Sep 9, 5:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell118 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.