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Flash Flood Warning 110, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1997, 9:27 AM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1997, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tarrant County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 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 nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 151427 FFWFTW TXC439-151730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 927 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TARRANT COUNTY AT 927 AM...A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR DENTON TO CROWLEY. THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER TARRANT COUNTY. SOME SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY QUICK AND DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 4WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, May 15, 5:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151830- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 535 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED EAST-WEST ACROSS THE AREA...NEAR A COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO PALESTINE LINE. A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVED INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE REMNANTS OF THAT SYSTEM COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WEAK LOW AND MID LEVEL WINDS AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY SUGGEST THAT STORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 68
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-151830- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 535 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED EAST-WEST ACROSS THE AREA...NEAR A COMANCHE TO HILLSBORO TO PALESTINE LINE. A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVED INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE REMNANTS OF THAT SYSTEM COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WEAK LOW AND MID LEVEL WINDS AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY SUGGEST THAT STORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 68
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 66 min |
| May 15, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 58 min |
| May 15, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 67 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.