Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 166, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 23, 1997, 12:01 PM CDT for Bosque County, Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 1997, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 1997, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bosque County, TX, Hamilton County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 231702 FFWFTW TXC035-193-231900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1201 PM CDT THU OCT 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BOSQUE COUNTY...HAMILTON COUNTY AT NOON...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM CORSICANA TO HILLSBORO TO NEAR HAMILTON. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH 2 PM...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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, Oct 23, 9:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
952 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM TEMPLE TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/23/97 BELL QUARTER HAIL. SPOTTER
REPORT THRU KCEN-TV IN
TEMPLELocal storm report, Oct 23, 9:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
952 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM TEMPLE TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/23/97 BELL QUARTER HAIL. SPOTTER
REPORT THRU KCEN-TV IN
TEMPLELocal storm report, Oct 23, 10:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1029 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM CHILTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/23/97 FALLS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
1025 AM FORT WORTH TX FLOODING
10/23/97 TARRANT FLOODING BEGINNING TO
OCCUR IN THE 500 BLOCK OF
NORTHWEST 28TH STREET
1027 AM EULESS TX FLOODING
10/23/97 TARRANT FLOODING BEGINNING IN
STREETSLocal storm report, Oct 23, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1029 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM CHILTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/23/97 FALLS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
1025 AM FORT WORTH TX FLOODING
10/23/97 TARRANT FLOODING BEGINNING TO
OCCUR IN THE 500 BLOCK OF
NORTHWEST 28TH STREET
1027 AM EULESS TX FLOODING
10/23/97 TARRANT FLOODING BEGINNING IN
STREETSSpecial weather statement, Oct 23, 11:08 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ147-148-156>162-174-175-231815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1108 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO HILLSBORO TO TYLER LINE UNTIL 3 PM... AT 1108 AM...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT. THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IN BELL AND FALLS COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED IN HENDERSON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REGION...INCLUDING TORNADOES...EXIST THIS AFTERNOON. REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH.
Special weather statement, Oct 23, 11:14 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
TXZ147-148-156>162-174-175-231815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1108 AM CDT THU OCT 23 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO HILLSBORO TO TYLER LINE UNTIL 3 PM... AT 1108 AM...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT. THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IN BELL AND FALLS COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST AND WEAKENED IN HENDERSON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REGION...INCLUDING TORNADOES...EXIST THIS AFTERNOON. REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 57 min |
| Oct 23, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Oct 23, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 98 min |
| Oct 23, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 66 min |
| Oct 23, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 11:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 46 min |
| Oct 23, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 54 min |
| Oct 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 45 min |
| Oct 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 57 min |
| Oct 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 61 min |
| Oct 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 60 min |
| Oct 23, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 59 min |
| Oct 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 67 min |
| Oct 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 64 min |
| Oct 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 60 min |
| Oct 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 116 min |
| Oct 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 116 min |
| Oct 23, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 39 min |
| Oct 23, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 33 min |
| Oct 23, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 26 min |
| Oct 23, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 67 min |
| Oct 23, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 53 min |
| Oct 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 84 min |
| Oct 23, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 62 min |
| Oct 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 29 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.