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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 13, 2018Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2018, 9:18 AM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 13, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2018, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2018, 9:49 AM CDT
In force
4 days
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 14:18 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 East Fork Trinity River at McKinney (MCKT2). The gauge peaked at 16.92 ft at Oct 14, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08059000, 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 Oct 13, 6:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 6:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 4:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
408 AM CDT Sat Oct 13 2018

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Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro-
Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone-
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408 AM CDT Sat Oct 13 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across
North and Central Texas through this evening. Heavy rainfall will be
the main threat although there will be a severe threat generally
south of I-20. Damaging winds will be the main severe threat,
although there will be an isolated tornado threat from the Waco area
southward. Rain and thunderstorms will end later this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Rain and thunderstorms will increase in coverage late Sunday
afternoon and continue through the overnight hours and into Tuesday.
There is a low chance for severe weather Sunday afternoon and
evening with hail being the main threat. The more significant threat
through late Tuesday will be the potential for heavy rainfall.
Additional rainfall amounts in excess of 5 inches will be possible
resulting in flash flooding. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall
will also result in river flooding through the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Limited spotter activation may be requested this morning into midday
mainly south of I-20.

Dunn

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 8:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas9 days
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt4 days
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall5 days
Oct 13, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Eastland21 min
Oct 13, 10:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Tarrant2 hr
Oct 13, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDComanche, Erath40 min
Oct 13, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton45 min
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas17 hr
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDBosque43 min
Oct 13, 11:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Oct 13, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDJohnson50 min
Oct 13, 12:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDallas, Rockwall, Tarrant3 hr
Oct 13, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Johnson29 min
Oct 13, 12:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDEllis, Hill, Johnson3 hr
Oct 13, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis46 min
Oct 13, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro43 min
Oct 13, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill, Navarro38 min
Oct 13, 1:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDDelta, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar3 hr
Oct 13, 1:23 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDEllis, Hill, Navarro52 min
Oct 13, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman41 min
Oct 13, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill40 min
Oct 13, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro28 min
Oct 13, 1:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDNavarro3 hr
Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDKaufman, Rains, Van Zandt3 hr
Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan52 min
Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDHenderson, Navarro48 min
Oct 13, 2:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Denton3 hr
Oct 13, 2:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLimestone, McLennan3 hr
Oct 13, 2:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro6 days
Oct 13, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson50 min
Oct 13, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone51 min
Oct 13, 3:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton29 hr
Oct 13, 3:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDCollin22 hr
Oct 13, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFreestone41 min
Oct 13, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson13 min
Oct 13, 3:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFreestone, Limestone3 hr
Oct 13, 4:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDFreestone, Leon52 min
Oct 13, 4:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDAnderson, Henderson3 hr
Oct 13, 5:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDFalls3 hr
Oct 13, 6:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon, Milam, Robertson3 hr
Oct 13, 6:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDLeon, Milam, Robertson3 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.