Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 19, 1997, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 12:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jack County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFTW 200053
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TXC085-097-113-121-147-181-231-237-363-367-397-439-497-200600-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
652 PM CST WED FEB 19 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...COLLIN COUNTY...COOKE COUNTY...DALLAS COUNTY...DENTON COUNTY
   ...FANNIN COUNTY...GRAYSON COUNTY...HUNT COUNTY...JACK COUNTY
   ...PALO PINTO COUNTY...PARKER COUNTY...ROCKWALL COUNTY
   ...TARRANT COUNTY...WISE COUNTY
 
WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCH RAINS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING AREA SINCE NOON WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS
THESE AREAS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL. THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS LAST WEEK AND
THIS AFTERNOON...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO ALREADY
SWOLLEN STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. THIS IS
A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT BE A FLASH FLOOD STATISTIC!
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVEpRS 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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.