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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 24, 2015Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Apr 24, 2015, 9:12 AM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 24, 2015, 3:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2015, 9:12 AM CDT (14:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 24, 2015, 3:16 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2015, 9:49 AM CDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Collin County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 East Fork Trinity River at McKinney (MCKT2). The gauge peaked at 16.65 ft at Apr 24, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08059000, 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 Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251000-
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-
450 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADIC STORMS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE INTO TEXAS ON SUNDAY AND
SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. SOME SEVERE
WEATHER IS LIKELY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY DUE TO A VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS AND ORGANIZED WIND SHEAR OVER THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson9 days
Apr 24, 5:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Wise2 hr
Apr 24, 6:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin56 min
Apr 24, 11:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise3 hr
Apr 24, 12:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
Apr 24, 12:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWDCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 12 more9 hr
Apr 24, 2:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
Apr 24, 3:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton45 hr
Apr 24, 3:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Lamar112 min
Apr 24, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Eastland63 min
Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Grayson117 min
Apr 24, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker34 min
Apr 24, 4:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt45 hr
Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Eastland25 min
Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDMontague65 min
Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath57 min
Apr 24, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant38 min
Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDenton, Tarrant53 min
Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDCooke27 min
Apr 24, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell53 min
Apr 24, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke66 min
Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton31 min
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker27 min
Apr 24, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Tarrant57 min
Apr 24, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDenton23 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton2 hr
Apr 24, 6:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDParker, Tarrant2 hr
Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant19 min
Apr 24, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 hr
Apr 24, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis67 min
Apr 24, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Johnson32 min
Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.