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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 1, 2018Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2018, 1:34 PM CST for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2018, 5:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2018, 1:34 PM CST (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2018, 5:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 3, 2018, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 30 hr
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 19:40 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 30.50 ft at Mar 3, 2018, 9:00 AM CST.

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 Mar 1, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 26 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
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, 1:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	26 hr
Mar 1, 4:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every 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.