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River Flood Warning 161, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 2016Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2016, 5:09 AM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2016, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2016, 2:58 AM CDT
In force: 22 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 10:11 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 Sister Grove Creek near Blue Ridge (BVWT2). The gauge peaked at 26.54 ft at Jun 3, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08059400, 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 3, 3:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
342 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041000-
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-
342 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH A
CONTINUED THREAT FOR RIVER FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING.
THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES
WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM PARIS TO HILLSBORO TO LAMPASAS. MOST PRECIPITATION WILL
END SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LAMPASAS TO CENTERVILLE LINE ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	3 hr
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton	3 hr
Jun 2, 10:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	62 hr
Jun 3, 12:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Eastland	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	69 hr
Jun 3, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	34 hr
Jun 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone, Limestone	119 min
Jun 3, 5:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Hill	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Mills	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Coryell, Lampasas	3 hr

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.