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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 29, 2010Denton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 29, 2010, 3:02 AM CST for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2010, 3:02 AM CST (09:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2010, 9:33 PM CST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity
Minor

County Denton County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Denton Creek near Justin (DCJT2).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08053500, 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 Jan 28, 11:35 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 11:35 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 7:31 PM CST, 7 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
731 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291200-
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-
731 PM CST THU JAN 28 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH AMOUNTS AVERAGING 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE...WACO...ATHENS
LINE...WHERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE SOME
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
MAJORITY OF NORTH TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 6 AM.

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS...AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD
DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A CISCO TO GAINESVILLE
LINE FOR POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF OF A TENTH OF
AN INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME VERY LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON ESPECIALLY ELEVATED SURFACES ARE POSSIBLE
MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF I-20 FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR ANY FLASH FLOODING
OR FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE REPORTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

05/

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 29, 1:22 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 7:03 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills117 min
Jan 28, 7:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall48 hr
Jan 28, 7:27 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin35 hr
Jan 28, 7:27 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 days
Jan 28, 7:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas3 hr
Jan 28, 8:06 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan3 hr
Jan 28, 9:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell5 hr
Jan 28, 9:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas56 hr
Jan 28, 9:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro27 days
Jan 28, 10:00 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
Jan 28, 10:35 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Hopkins, Hunt and 4 more3 hr
Jan 28, 10:59 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas10 hr
Jan 28, 11:04 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFalls, Limestone3 hr
Jan 28, 11:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell22 hr
Jan 28, 11:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDMcLennan13 hr
Jan 28, 11:10 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDCoryell69 hr
Jan 29, 12:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt43 hr
Jan 29, 1:36 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt3 hr
Jan 29, 2:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDLampasas19 hr
Jan 29, 3:33 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDBosque18 hr
Jan 29, 5:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDLimestone49 hr
Jan 29, 7:48 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Limestone, McLennan and 1 more3 hr
Jan 29, 8:12 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman59 hr
Jan 29, 8:46 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDHamilton13 hr
Jan 29, 8:46 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDBosque, McLennan13 hr
Jan 29, 8:58 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWDCoryell7 hr
Jan 29, 9:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins9 hr
Jan 29, 9:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDBell11 hr
Jan 29, 11:43 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar and 2 more3 hr
Jan 29, 4:41 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson4 days

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.