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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 31, 2016Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2016, 7:59 PM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 1, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2016, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 19 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 00:58 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 16.42 ft at Jun 3, 2016, 1:00 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 31, 7:03 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 7:03 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
321 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011245-
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-
321 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PARTS OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ANOTHER ROUND
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THE MAIN HAZARDS
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COMBINED WITH NEARLY SATURATED
SOILS...MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT WEST OF A SHERMAN TO DALLAS TO HEARNE LINE.

LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS...WITH THE MAIN RISKS BEING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND
STRONG WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A SLOW-MOVING UPPER LOW WILL BRING CONTINUED CHANCES OF
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WHILE A FEW STORMS MAY BE
STRONG...THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING...EACH DAY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A SHERMAN TO DALLAS TO HEARNE
LINE UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.

STORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO END LATE SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
SOUTH OF THE AREA. LINGERING MOISTURE MAY LEAD TO AN ISOLATED
STORM OR TWO ACROSS THE SOUTHERN-MOST COUNTIES ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ON A VERY LIMITED BASIS.
SPOTTERS ARE ADDITIONALLY ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 3:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
307 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

0258 PM     FLASH FLOOD      STEPHENVILLE            32.23N  98.20W
05/31/2016                   ERATH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS MULTIPLE HIGH WATER RESCUES
            ONGOING IN ERATH COUNTY.

Local storm report, May 31, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
311 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

0302 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W DUBLIN              32.08N  98.35W
05/31/2016                   ERATH              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS HWY 6 BETWEEN DE LEON AND DUBLIN IS
            FLOODED.

Local storm report, May 31, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
315 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GRANBURY                32.45N  97.80W
05/31/2016                   HOOD               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLOODING. MULTIPLE HIGH
            WATER RESCUES ONGOING ACROSS THE COUNTY.

Local storm report, May 31, 3:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
319 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

0316 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NE LIPAN              32.56N  98.00W
05/31/2016                   HOOD               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS HWY 1189 AT FM 1543 IS FLOODED.

Local storm report, May 31, 4:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
428 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

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

0424 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W JOSHUA              32.47N  97.40W
05/31/2016                   JOHNSON            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROADS
            910, 920, 1106, 1116, 1202, 1205, 1226 AND OLD FOAMY RD IN
	    JOHNSON COUNTY.

Local storm report, May 31, 4:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 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 31, 7:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro	3 hr
May 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Van Zandt	3 hr
May 31, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Somervell	4 days
May 31, 8:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	6 hr
May 31, 10:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson	113 min
May 31, 10:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	9 hr
Jun 1, 2:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	6 hr
Jun 1, 3:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	4 days
Jun 1, 3:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	29 hr
Jun 1, 3:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche	49 hr
Jun 1, 4:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis, Kaufman	5 days
Jun 1, 5:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Van Zandt	3 hr
Jun 1, 6:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell	6 hr
Jun 1, 7:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Stephens	6 hr
Jun 1, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Leon	24 days
Jun 1, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Jack	5 days
Jun 1, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Hamilton	8 days

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.