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River Flood Warning 237, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 31, 2015Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2015, 9:41 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 1, 2015, 2:48 AM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2015, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 1, 2015, 2:48 AM CST
Expired: Nov 2, 2015, 3:40 PM CST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Trinity River near Rosser (RSRT2). The gauge peaked at 31.12 ft at Nov 1, 2015, 3:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 31 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08062500, 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 Oct 31, 7:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 7:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 2:16 AM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
216 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200-
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-
216 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF
I-20 AND EAST OF I-35 THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO
EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. ANTECEDENT WET SOILS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO RUN OFF AND LOCALIZED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.
IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
20 THROUGH MIDDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR EAST AND
NORTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY.

INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH REPORTS
OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING ARE APPRECIATE AND SHOULD BE MADE TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 31, 4:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
436 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

0433 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W MEXIA               31.68N  96.59W
10/31/2015                   LIMESTONE          TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LAKE MEXIA 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL POOL HEIGHT AND STILL
            RISING. RESIDENTS NEAR THE LAKE ARE BEING EVACUTATED.

Local storm report, Oct 31, 6:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 31, 7:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 31, 9:39 AM CDT, 2 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
Oct 30, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Limestone, Navarro	115 min
Oct 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Tarrant	42 min
Oct 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Comanche	115 min
Oct 30, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	2 hr
Oct 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas	3 hr
Oct 30, 9:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	McLennan	111 min
Oct 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland	62 min
Oct 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bell	115 min
Oct 30, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	60 hr
Oct 30, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Erath, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
Oct 30, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	55 min
Oct 30, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
Oct 30, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	3 hr
Oct 30, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	3 hr
Oct 30, 10:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
Oct 30, 10:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	18 hr
Oct 30, 10:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	3 hr
Oct 30, 11:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	20 hr
Oct 30, 11:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hood	3 hr
Oct 30, 11:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	59 hr
Oct 31, 12:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	21 hr
Oct 31, 12:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	3 hr
Oct 31, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	3 hr
Oct 31, 1:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	3 hr
Oct 31, 1:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	4 hr
Oct 31, 1:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque, Ellis, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
Oct 31, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	54 min
Oct 31, 1:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	4 hr
Oct 31, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Lampasas	66 min
Oct 31, 2:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Ellis, Hill	3 hr
Oct 31, 2:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	44 hr
Oct 31, 2:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	32 hr
Oct 31, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Hood	3 hr
Oct 31, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	65 min
Oct 31, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	63 min
Oct 31, 3:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	4 days
Oct 31, 3:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bell	3 hr
Oct 31, 3:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	9 days
Oct 31, 4:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Oct 31, 4:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
Oct 31, 4:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	3 hr
Oct 31, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam	3 hr
Oct 31, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	2 hr
Oct 31, 5:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	3 hr
Oct 31, 5:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Robertson	4 hr
Oct 31, 5:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	3 hr
Oct 31, 6:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	4 hr
Oct 31, 7:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson, Somervell	3 hr
Oct 31, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Falls, Milam	3 hr
Oct 31, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Leon, Robertson	5 days
Oct 31, 8:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Limestone	3 hr
Oct 31, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	24 hr
Oct 31, 5:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	23 hr

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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.