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Flash Flood Warning 175, NWS Fort Worth, TX

December 20, 1997Bell County, Coryell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 20, 1997, 6:09 PM CST for Bell County, Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 5 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
Dec 20, 1997, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 1997, 11:15 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bell County, TX, Coryell County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 369 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 210010
FFWFTW
TXC027-035-099-139-217-251-309-210515-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CST SAT DEC 20 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BELL COUNTY...BOSQUE COUNTY...CORYELL COUNTY...ELLIS COUNTY
   ...HILL COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY...MCLENNAN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN MANY AREAS WITH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES
REPORTING MANY ROADS CLOSED. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan55 min
Dec 20, 6:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson, McLennan5 hr
Dec 20, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Rockwall4 hr
Dec 20, 7:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant4 hr
Dec 20, 8:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
Dec 20, 8:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMilam3 hr
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone, Navarro3 hr
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman3 hr
Dec 20, 9:11 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMilam64 min
Dec 20, 9:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Grayson2 hr
Dec 20, 9:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman2 hr
Dec 20, 9:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt4 hr
Dec 20, 9:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar4 hr
Dec 20, 9:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains4 hr
Dec 20, 11:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Ellis, Hill, Johnson2 hr
Dec 20, 11:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan2 hr
Dec 20, 11:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant2 hr
Dec 20, 11:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt2 hr
Dec 20, 11:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Grayson3 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.