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River Flood Warning 140, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 2016Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 1, 2016, 4:28 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 2, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2016, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 2, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 6:41 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
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 09:31 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 33.53 ft at Jun 3, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT.

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 Jun 1, 3:49 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:49 AM CDT, 39 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, 7:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	29 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, 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.