Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 150, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 1997, 10:11 AM CDT for Comanche County, Eastland County, Stephens 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
- Jun 23, 1997, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1997, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Stephens County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1972 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 231516 FFWFTW TXC093-133-429-231815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1011 AM CDT MON JUN 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COMANCHE COUNTY...EASTLAND COUNTY...STEPHENS COUNTY AT 955 CDT...ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THE SHERRIFF OFFICES REPORTED THAT FLOODING CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM IN CO N ...EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES. IN COMANCHE COUNTY SOME ROADS REMAI D CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN EASTLAND COUNTY EVACUATIONS WERE OCCURRIN I PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF EASTLAND. NUMEROUS ROADS IN EASTLAND COUNTY HA FLOODING PROBLEMS AND WATER UP TO 4 FEET DEEP COVERED PORTIONS OF HWY 1 FROM RANGER. IN STEPHENS COUNTY FLOODING CLOSED SOME FARM TO MARKET AN COUNTY ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 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
Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 AM CDT MON JUN 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM BLUE RIDGE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/22/97 COLLIN LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING
ROAD NORTH OF TOWN
0603 PM TX WIND DAMAGE
06/22/97 FANNIN TREES DOWN ON ROAD.
LOCATION UNKNOWN
0628 PM SHERMAN TX WIND DAMAGE
06/22/97 GRAYSON POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS
DOWN
0719 PM BRECKENRIDGE TX FLOODING
06/22/97 STEPHENS ROADS FLOODING AND WATER
IN BUILDING AT TSTC
0825 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 EASTLAND STREET FLOODING IN
EASTLAND, CISCO AND RISING
STAR. 6 INCHES OF WATER
OVER US 183 JUST NORTH OF
RISING STAR
0830 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 MILLS WATER OVER ROAD ON FM 574
AND AT THE PECAN BAYOU
BRIDGE AT FM 574
0830 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 COMANCHE 2 FT OF WATER ON FM 587
NEAR SIDES SPRINGS
0839 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 STEPHENS SOME FLOODING CONTINUES
BUT RECEDING
0916 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 MILLS NUMEROUS LOW WATER
CROSSING FLOODED
1000 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 YOUNG 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER ON
FM 1974 3 TO 4 MILES NORTH
OF ELIASVILLE
1200 AM POTTSVILLE TX FLOODING
06/23/97 HAMILTON FM 218 IMPASSABLE DUE TO
HIGH WATER
1210 AM STEPHENVILLE TX FLOODING
06/23/97 ERATH STREET FLOODING
1246 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 COMANCHE HWY 36 CLOSED BETWEEN
JUSTIN AND PROCTOR AND
OTHER ROADS UNDER WATER
1246 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 MILLS SEVERAL FM ROADS FLOODED
ALSO COUNTY ROADS 573 AND
218
1246 AM WAYLAND TX FLOODING
06/23/97 STEPHENS CITY OF WAYLAND CUT OFF
DUE TO HIGH WATER. HWY
1148 IMPASSABLE
1246 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 YOUNG 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER
OVER FM 1974
1253 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 HAMILTON SEVERAL ROADS BEING CLOSED
BY HWY DEPT
0330 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 COMANCHE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
ACROSS COUNTY
0359 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 EASTLAND FLOODING CONTINUES
ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE LET UP
0403 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 STEPHENS CREEKS STILL RISING AND
ROADS STILL UNDER WATER
0657 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 COMANCHE CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH
ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER
RUNNING OVER THE ROADS
0658 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 EASTLAND STILL REPORTS OF MANY
PROBLEMS WITH FLOODINGLocal storm report, Jun 23, 8:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 AM CDT MON JUN 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM BLUE RIDGE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/22/97 COLLIN LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING
ROAD NORTH OF TOWN
0603 PM TX WIND DAMAGE
06/22/97 FANNIN TREES DOWN ON ROAD.
LOCATION UNKNOWN
0628 PM SHERMAN TX WIND DAMAGE
06/22/97 GRAYSON POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS
DOWN
0719 PM BRECKENRIDGE TX FLOODING
06/22/97 STEPHENS ROADS FLOODING AND WATER
IN BUILDING AT TSTC
0825 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 EASTLAND STREET FLOODING IN
EASTLAND, CISCO AND RISING
STAR. 6 INCHES OF WATER
OVER US 183 JUST NORTH OF
RISING STAR
0830 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 MILLS WATER OVER ROAD ON FM 574
AND AT THE PECAN BAYOU
BRIDGE AT FM 574
0830 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 COMANCHE 2 FT OF WATER ON FM 587
NEAR SIDES SPRINGS
0839 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 STEPHENS SOME FLOODING CONTINUES
BUT RECEDING
0916 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 MILLS NUMEROUS LOW WATER
CROSSING FLOODED
1000 PM TX FLOODING
06/22/97 YOUNG 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER ON
FM 1974 3 TO 4 MILES NORTH
OF ELIASVILLE
1200 AM POTTSVILLE TX FLOODING
06/23/97 HAMILTON FM 218 IMPASSABLE DUE TO
HIGH WATER
1210 AM STEPHENVILLE TX FLOODING
06/23/97 ERATH STREET FLOODING
1246 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 COMANCHE HWY 36 CLOSED BETWEEN
JUSTIN AND PROCTOR AND
OTHER ROADS UNDER WATER
1246 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 MILLS SEVERAL FM ROADS FLOODED
ALSO COUNTY ROADS 573 AND
218
1246 AM WAYLAND TX FLOODING
06/23/97 STEPHENS CITY OF WAYLAND CUT OFF
DUE TO HIGH WATER. HWY
1148 IMPASSABLE
1246 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 YOUNG 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER
OVER FM 1974
1253 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 HAMILTON SEVERAL ROADS BEING CLOSED
BY HWY DEPT
0330 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 COMANCHE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
ACROSS COUNTY
0359 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 EASTLAND FLOODING CONTINUES
ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE LET UP
0403 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 STEPHENS CREEKS STILL RISING AND
ROADS STILL UNDER WATER
0657 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 COMANCHE CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH
ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER
< RUNNING OVER THE ROADS
0658 AM TX FLOODING
06/23/97 EASTLAND STILL REPORTS OF MANY
PROBLEMS WITH FLOODINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Mills | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens, Young | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 3 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.