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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 9, 2010Leon County, Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2010, 12:17 AM CST for Leon County, Robertson County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 9, 2010, 9:16 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2010, 12:17 AM CST (06:17 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2010, 9:16 AM CST
Expired: Mar 13, 2010, 2:57 PM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Leon County, TX, Robertson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Navasota River near Easterly (EAST2). The gauge peaked at 22.13 ft at Mar 11, 2010, 2:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08110500, 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 Mar 8, 11:29 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:29 PM CST, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 12:13 AM CST, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 6:25 PM CST, 5 hours 52 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
Mar 8, 6:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bell	114 min
Mar 8, 7:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Falls	3 hr
Mar 8, 8:51 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	44 hr
Mar 9, 1:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	25 hr
Mar 9, 3:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	6 days
Mar 9, 4:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	8 hr
Mar 9, 7:33 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Denton, Eastland and 15 more	14 hr
Mar 9, 8:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	4 hr
Mar 9, 8:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	3 days
Mar 9, 9:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	34 hr
Mar 9, 3:39 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Denton, Eastland and 15 more	26 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.