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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 2019Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2019, 9:17 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kaufman County, Texas. It took effect at May 3, 2019, 5:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2019, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2019, 5:30 PM CDT
Expired: May 4, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 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 14:19 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 28.92 ft at May 4, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT.

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 May 2, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 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
May 1, 7:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton, Jack, Wise	114 min
May 1, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Cooke, Grayson, Montague	36 min
May 1, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Coryell	33 min
May 1, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	6 hr
May 1, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin, Grayson, Lamar	60 min
May 1, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton	57 min
May 1, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Young	24 min
May 1, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	67 min
May 1, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Grayson	35 min
May 1, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hamilton	51 min
May 1, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Montague, Wise	64 min
May 1, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FWD	Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton	48 min
May 1, 8:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Young	3 hr
May 1, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	54 min
May 1, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Hopkins	29 min
May 1, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	5 hr
May 1, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	69 min
May 1, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	3 hr
May 1, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Wise	47 min
May 1, 9:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Wise, Young	3 hr
May 1, 9:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Denton	3 hr
May 1, 9:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Dallas	3 hr
May 1, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Parker	37 min
May 1, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	3 hr
May 1, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	46 hr
May 1, 10:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Jack	22 hr
May 1, 10:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	3 hr
May 1, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	42 min
May 1, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Parker, Tarrant	2 hr
May 1, 11:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Wise	3 hr
May 1, 11:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell	3 hr
May 2, 12:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Tarrant	3 hr
May 2, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt	3 hr
May 2, 12:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	3 hr
May 2, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Stephens	58 min
May 2, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis, Hill, Navarro	53 min
May 2, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Freestone, Limestone, McLennan	59 min
May 2, 2:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Wise	21 days
May 2, 2:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	23 hr
May 2, 2:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Denton	3 days
May 2, 6:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FWD	Collin	33 hr
May 2, 10:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Ellis	3 hr
May 2, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Eastland	61 min
May 2, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland	54 min
May 2, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche, Erath	53 min
May 2, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton, Mills	40 min
May 2, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Somervell	28 min
May 2, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Bell	32 min
May 2, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	McLennan	31 min
May 2, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	McLennan	3 hr
May 2, 5:00 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FWD	Tarrant	33 min
May 2, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Dallas	51 min
May 2, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Milam, Robertson	64 min
May 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Milam	3 hr
May 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Leon	64 min
May 2, 6:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	Leon, Robertson	3 hr
May 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	Ellis	30 min

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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.