Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Feb 20, 1997, 11:09 AM CST (17:09 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1997, 1:00 PM CST

In force

111 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KFTW 201709
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TXC093-133-429-503-201900-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1109 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
 
   ...COMANCHE COUNTY...EASTLAND COUNTY...STEPHENS COUNTY
   ...YOUNG COUNTY
 
AT 1109 AM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS THE
AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH SOME
AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
 
THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND ADD TO THE FLOODING
PROBLEMS THAT ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REPORTING
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
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.

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.