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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 2019Collin County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2019, 9:07 AM CDT for Collin County, Texas. It took effect at May 2, 2019, 8:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2019, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2019, 8:12 AM CDT
Expired
May 3, 2019, 9:25 AM CDT
In force
25 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 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Fork Trinity River at McKinney (MCKT2). The gauge peaked at 16.22 ft at May 2, 2019, 8:00 PM 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 May 1, 7:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCollin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson3 hr
Apr 30, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson26 min
Apr 30, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt4 days
Apr 30, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall4 days
Apr 30, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson42 min
Apr 30, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDYoung37 min
Apr 30, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas4 days
Apr 30, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDallas37 hr
Apr 30, 11:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDenton17 hr
May 1, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 days
May 1, 9:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins71 hr
May 1, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung62 min
May 1, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack63 min
May 1, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young40 min
May 1, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague66 min
May 1, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young62 min
May 1, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDJack, Young2 hr
May 1, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke65 min
May 1, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDGrayson29 min
May 1, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJack, Young6 hr
May 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young65 min
May 1, 5:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDCooke, Montague2 hr
May 1, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWDMontague28 min
May 1, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Grayson58 min
May 1, 6:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWDGrayson3 hr
May 1, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung34 min
May 1, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung58 min
May 1, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson5 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.