Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 19, 1997, 11:35 PM CST (05:35 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 6:00 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Hamilton County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFTW 200538
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TXC097-143-193-221-237-363-367-425-497-201200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1135 PM CST WED FEB 19 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS UNTIL  600 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...COOKE COUNTY...ERATH COUNTY...HAMILTON COUNTY...HOOD COUNTY
   ...JACK COUNTY...PALO PINTO COUNTY...PARKER COUNTY...SOMERVELL COUNTY
   ...WISE COUNTY
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR COLLIN...DALLAS...DENTON...FANNIN...
GRAYSON...HUNT...JOHNSON...TARRANT AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED...
 
RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS...WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES COMMON SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH
SCATTERED THREE AND FOUR INCH AMOUNTS.  NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED IN
THE WARNED AREAS...AND CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO WORSEN OVERNIGHT AS
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MOVE INTO THE AREA.
 
THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO IS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AND WILL BE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY.  HEAVY RAINS HAVE
ALREADY DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LOW IN WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...AND
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS BEFORE SUNRISE.
THESE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR FLASH
FLOODING...AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED BEFORE
DAYBREAK.
 
RESIDENTS OF THE WARNED AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS SERIOUS SITUATION
AS ALREADY HIGH WATERS WILL RAPIDLY RISE EVEN HIGHER WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL.
 
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.

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.