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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 10, 2020Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jan 10, 2020, 6:44 PM CST for Cooke County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 10, 2020, 7:45 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2020, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2020, 7:45 PM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2020, 9:11 AM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cooke County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elm Fork Trinity River at Gainesville (GLLT2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08050400, 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 10, 5:33 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 5:33 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 2:04 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 10, 3:17 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
317 PM CST FRI JAN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     HAIL             6 E MARYSVILLE          33.77N  97.23W
01/10/2020  E1.00 INCH       COOKE              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MOSS LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED
            VIA RADAR.

Local storm report, Jan 10, 4:30 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
430 PM CST FRI JAN 10 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             HICO                    31.98N  98.03W
01/10/2020  E0.88 INCH       HAMILTON           TX   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm report, Jan 10, 5:20 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 10, 5:26 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
526 PM CST FRI JAN 10 2020

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0508 PM     HAIL             FAIRY                   31.85N  97.98W
01/10/2020  E1.75 INCH       HAMILTON           TX   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF FAIRY.

Local storm report, Jan 10, 5:28 PM CST, 1 hour 16 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
Jan 10, 6:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	41 min
Jan 10, 6:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	26 min
Jan 10, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	24 min
Jan 10, 6:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	39 hr
Jan 10, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell, McLennan	36 min
Jan 10, 6:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton	14 min
Jan 10, 6:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Denton, Wise	12 hr
Jan 10, 6:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Cooke, Grayson	3 hr
Jan 10, 7:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Rockwall	54 min
Jan 10, 7:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hill	25 min
Jan 10, 7:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Hill	23 min
Jan 10, 7:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	33 min
Jan 10, 8:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	41 min
Jan 10, 9:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam	28 min
Jan 10, 9:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	9 hr
Jan 11, 3:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	15 hr
Jan 11, 3:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	34 hr
Jan 11, 3:29 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FWD	Collin, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Fannin, Grayson and 7 more	9 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.