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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 26, 1987Upshur County, Texas

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.
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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins4 hr
Dec 26, 2:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDUpshur, Wood4 hr
Dec 26, 2:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt4 hr
Dec 26, 2:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan3 hr
Dec 26, 4:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro4 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.