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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 13, 2015Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2015, 9:12 PM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at May 13, 2015, 9:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2015, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2015, 9:53 PM CDT
Expired: May 14, 2015, 9:37 PM CDT
In force: 24 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 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Fork Trinity River at McKinney (MCKT2). The gauge peaked at 16.30 ft at May 14, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT.

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 May 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 6:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 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
May 14, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Henderson, Navarro	36 min
May 14, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam, Robertson	46 min
May 14, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	52 min
May 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Kaufman	50 min
May 14, 4:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon	116 min
May 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone	44 min
May 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	2 hr
May 14, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Anderson	39 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	36 min
May 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
May 14, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Van Zandt	28 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every 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.