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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 2014Delta County, Lamar County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2014, 10:46 PM CDT for Delta County, Lamar County, Texas. It took effect at May 8, 2014, 11:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2014, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2014, 11:39 PM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Delta County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Sulphur River near Cooper (CPPT2). The gauge peaked at 28.66 ft at May 8, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
28 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
34 ft
Major stage
37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07343000, 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 May 8, 9:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 9:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:13 AM CDT, 19 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
313 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-090815-
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-
313 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY INTO
THIS EVENING...THEN ACROSS FAR EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY HEAVIER
RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY
AROUND CREEKS AND TYPICAL LOW LYING AREAS.

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

A FEW LINGERING AND NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST OF A PARIS...CORSICANA...TEMPLE LINE.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS...THEN INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE
35.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 9:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Local storm report, May 8, 10:04 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt58 min
May 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell65 min
May 8, 7:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDNavarro115 min
May 8, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone38 min
May 8, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Freestone, Limestone56 min
May 8, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro61 min
May 8, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDBell2 hr
May 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam64 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson, Van Zandt2 hr
May 8, 8:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell116 min
May 8, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson34 min
May 8, 9:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson2 hr
May 8, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone30 min
May 9, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson27 min
May 9, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDVan Zandt32 min
May 9, 9:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDSmith29 min
May 9, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson37 min
May 9, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRobertson38 min
May 9, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone29 min
May 9, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDLimestone31 min
May 9, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDAnderson34 min
May 9, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill33 min
May 9, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro53 min
May 9, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson65 min
May 9, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson34 min
May 9, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman61 min
May 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro60 min
May 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan64 min
May 9, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHill30 min
May 9, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill64 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.