Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 20, 1997, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 1:00 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TXC143-193-221-237-281-333-337-363-367-425-497-201900-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
955 AM CST THU FEB 20 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...ERATH COUNTY...HAMILTON COUNTY...HOOD COUNTY...JACK COUNTY
   ...LAMPASAS COUNTY...MILLS COUNTY...MONTAGUE COUNTY
   ...PALO PINTO COUNTY...PARKER COUNTY...SOMERVELL COUNTY...WISE COUNTY
 
AT 955 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR
RAINFALL RATES CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DECATUR TO MINERAL WELLS TO STEPHENVILLE TO
LOMETA IS PRODUCING FROM 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES.
 
THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY ADD TO THE FLOODING THAT HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH
WATER...AND CONDITIONS WILL ONLY WORSEN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.  IN
ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS AND STREAMS AND MAY EVEN
AFFECT THE IMMEDIATE COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
 
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.