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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2018, 1:45 AM CST for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2018, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2018, 3:25 AM CST
- In force
- 21 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 07:48 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 25.43 ft at Mar 1, 2018, 11:00 AM CST.
- 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 Mar 1, 12:14 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 12:14 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:55 PM CST, 9 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 355 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-011200- 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- 355 PM CST Wed Feb 28 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight. Widespread thunderstorms will impact North and Central Texas through the evening. Some of the storms, particularly those along an advancing dryline, may become severe with damaging winds and large hail. In addition, there will be the potential for embedded tornadoes within this line of storms as well as isolated tornadic storms ahead of the line. The greatest threat for severe weather will be southeast of a Comanche to Sherman/Denison line during the evening hours. The severe potential will diminish after midnight as the back edge of the storms moves east of the I-35 corridor. Additional heavy rain during the event may result in flash flooding, especially where significant rainfall has occurred in recent days. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorm chances will return to the region Saturday night and continue into early next week. Although a cold front will move through the region Sunday night and Monday, severe weather is not expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be requested into the evening hours.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:33 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1033 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 PM FLASH FLOOD CARROLLTON 32.95N 96.90W
02/28/2018 DALLAS TX PUBLIC
FROM CARROLLTON POLICE LUNA RD SOUTH OF BELT LINE IS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODINGLocal storm report, Feb 28, 10:40 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1040 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0946 PM FLASH FLOOD CARROLLTON 32.95N 96.90W
02/28/2018 DALLAS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
DELAYED REPORT: MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES NEAR CARROLLTON,
NEAR JEANETTE WAY AND NORTH DENTON DRIVE. ANOTHER SWIFT
WATER RESCUE NORTH OF JOSEY LANE AND COUNTRYSIDE.Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:18 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1118 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
TXZ142-156-010600-
Mills TX-Lampasas TX-
1118 PM CST WED FEB 28 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMPASAS AND MILLS COUNTIES UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST...
At 1118 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles east of San Saba, moving east at 50 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Copperas Cove, Lampasas, Goldthwaite, Kempner, Bend and Lometa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Seek
a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3167 9845 3142 9827 3146 9818 3104 9791
3103 9844 3106 9848 3111 9846 3109 9853
3113 9855 3117 9851 3126 9858 3127 9863
3132 9859 3131 9863 3137 9865 3134 9870
3141 9870 3143 9874 3139 9877 3144 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 264DEG 44KT 3124 9857
DunnThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:33 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Delta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 11:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 30 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:34 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 16 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:06 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:38 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:34 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 57 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018
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.