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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 13, 2017Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2017, 6:57 PM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2017, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
15 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 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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).

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 Aug 13, 6:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt57 min
Aug 12, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt42 min
Aug 12, 7:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt62 hr
Aug 12, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDHenderson43 min
Aug 12, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDTarrant53 min
Aug 12, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDParker57 min
Aug 12, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson25 min
Aug 12, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson40 min
Aug 12, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDDallas50 min
Aug 12, 9:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDHenderson2 hr
Aug 12, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson48 min
Aug 12, 9:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson117 min
Aug 12, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDRockwall51 min
Aug 12, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas2 hr
Aug 12, 10:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Fannin, Hunt3 hr
Aug 12, 11:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Hunt3 hr
Aug 13, 12:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Dallas, Denton3 hr
Aug 13, 2:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins3 hr
Aug 13, 2:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFannin, Grayson2 hr
Aug 13, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson5 hr
Aug 13, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Aug 13, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins4 hr
Aug 13, 4:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt2 hr
Aug 13, 6:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt4 hr
Aug 13, 7:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall33 hr
Aug 13, 7:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDRains, Van Zandt113 min
Aug 13, 7:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar18 hr
Aug 13, 7:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins30 hr
Aug 13, 8:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWDGrayson3 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.