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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 26, 1987, 6:37 AM CST for Upshur County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 1987, 6:37 AM CST (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 1987, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upshur County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 1:18 AM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 110 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY RAIN CONTINUING OVER BELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1:00 AM CST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS ACROSS MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN SOME COUNTIES IS APPROACHING ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN BELL AND NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES. WACO DPS REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING 2 MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE ON HIWY 171 IN LIMESTONE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED IN WESTERN BELL COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. BELL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NO FLOODING AT THIS TIME. NEVERTHELESS...SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY BE ALREADY IN PROGRESS IN RURAL AREAS. < OTHERWISE...RADAR SHOWED RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA BOUNDED BY GREENVILLE...LLA;NO...AUSTIN...AND TYLER. THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING EAST. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN BELL...FALLS...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 1:22 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 110 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER BELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1:00 AM CST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS ACROSS MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN SOME COUNTIES IS APPROACHING ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN BELL AND NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES. WACO DPS REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING 2 MILES NORTH OF COOLIDGE ON HIWY 171 IN LIMESTONE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED IN WESTERN BELL COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. BELL COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT NO FLOODING AT THIS TIME. NEVERTHELESS...SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY BE ALREADY IN PROGRESS IN RURAL AREAS. < OTHERWISE...RADAR SHOWED RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE AREA BOUNDED BY GREENVILLE...LLANO...AUSTIN...AND TYLER. THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING EAST. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN BELL...FALLS...AND LIDMESTONE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 2:29 AM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 220 AM CST SAT DEC 26 1987 ...HEAVY RAINS EASING OUT OF BELL COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN MCLENNAN AND WESTERN FALLS COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 2:15 AM CST RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CORYELL... MCLENNAN...BELL...AND FALLS COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SUCH FAST MOVING STORMS ARE NOT USUALLY A THREAT TO FLOODING...HOWEVER THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS PORTIONS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE PRESENTLY FALLING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GATESVILLE IN CORYELL COUNTY...TO MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY...TO ROGERS IN SOUTHEAST BELL COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...POSSIBLY GREATER IN SOME LOCATIONS. THESE VALUES ARE APPROACHING FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. BELL COUNTY OFFI~CIALS REPORT LEVY CROSSING CLOSED ON NOLAN CREEK NEAR NOLANVILLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 26, 3:22 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 1:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
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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.