Alert archive / Texas / River Flood Warnings in 2015

River Flood Warning 84, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 17, 2015Navarro County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2015, 9:17 AM CDT for Navarro County, Texas. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2015, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2015, 7:27 AM CDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Navarro County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Chambers Creek near Rice (RCET2).

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08064100, 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 17, 7:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
333 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-180845-
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-
333 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...THE BIGGER THREAT WILL BE FROM FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM EMORY TO HILLSBORO
TO GOLDTHWAITE WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6
PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
VERY LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM EMORY TO HILLSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 3:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
328 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

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

0117 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DENISON                 33.75N  96.55W
05/17/2015                   GRAYSON            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO HOMES. LARGE LIMBS DOWN. POWER
            LINES DOWNED.

Local storm report, May 17, 5:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 17, 8:36 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 17, 8:39 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 17, 8:41 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 17, 8:54 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	58 min
May 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	52 min
May 16, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt	48 hr
May 16, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rockwall	48 hr
May 16, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	39 min
May 16, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Stephens	60 min
May 16, 9:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	44 hr
May 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	51 min
May 16, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Stephens	58 min
May 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack	60 min
May 16, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Eastland, Stephens	57 min
May 16, 10:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Stephens	3 hr
May 16, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	34 min
May 16, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	25 min
May 16, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Jack	48 min
May 16, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Palo Pinto	44 min
May 16, 11:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	3 hr
May 16, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	59 min
May 16, 11:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Montague	3 hr
May 17, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Comanche, Erath, Hood	42 min
May 17, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant, Wise	53 min
May 17, 1:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Erath, Hood	3 hr
May 17, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Collin, Grayson	46 min
May 17, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Fannin	46 min
May 17, 1:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	3 hr
May 17, 2:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall	3 hr
May 17, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	3 hr
May 17, 3:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Fannin, Lamar	3 hr
May 17, 3:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Johnson	3 hr
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	15 hr
May 17, 3:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Tarrant	3 hr
May 17, 4:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Bosque, Comanche, Hamilton, Mills	3 hr
May 17, 4:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	3 hr
May 17, 5:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Kaufman	3 hr
May 17, 5:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell	3 hr
May 17, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hill	3 hr
May 17, 5:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 17, 5:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Navarro	3 hr
May 17, 6:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	16 hr
May 17, 6:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Rockwall and 1 more	3 hr
May 17, 6:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	11 hr
May 17, 6:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Rains and 1 more	5 hr
May 17, 7:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt	118 min
May 17, 7:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Anderson, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Kaufman, Leon and 5 more	3 hr
May 17, 7:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Lamar	3 hr
May 17, 8:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	6 hr
May 17, 8:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant	3 hr
May 17, 9:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	7 days
May 17, 10:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	3 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.