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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 20, 1997, 2:26 PM CST for Lampasas County, Mills County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Feb 20, 1997, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 1997, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lampasas County, TX, Mills County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 202027 FFWFTW TXC035-143-221-281-333-363-367-425-210030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 226 PM CST THU FEB 20 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNINGS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BOSQUE COUNTY...ERATH COUNTY...HOOD COUNTY...LAMPASAS COUNTY ...MILLS COUNTY...PALO PINTO COUNTY...PARKER COUNTY ...SOMERVELL COUNTY FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES WITH MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS ARE FLOODED. WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. DON'T BECOME A FLOOD STATISTIC! A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST 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 FLOODED STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, Feb 20, 1:12 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
112 PM CST THU FEB 20 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 AM HURST TX FLOODING
02/20/97 TARRANT *** 1 INJ ***
CHILD CAUGHT IN A STORM
DRAIN...RESCUED AND IS
DOING FINE.
0310 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 COOKE EVACUATED AREAS ALONG
PECAN CREEK.
0425 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 JOHNSON COUNTY ROADS: 913, 1001,
1002, 1126A, 1126, 907,
1015, 1019, 701, 801C
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0455 AM FORT WORTH TX FLOODING
02/20/97 TARRANT TRINITY BLVD. NEAR LOOP
820...UNDER WATER.
0535 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HAMILTON LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0540 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 ERATH LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0545 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HOOD LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0545 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 SOMERVELL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0549 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 PARKER ROADS CLOSED IN THE
EASTERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0655 AM COMANCHE TX FLOODING
02/20/97 COMANCHE COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
0733 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 MILLS WATER OVER ROADWAY FROM
DEMOCRAT TO PRIDDY.
0834 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 ERATH EAST LONG ST. CLOSED AT
700 BLOCK.
0835 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HAMILTON PECAN CREEK AREA
FLOODING...ALL LOW WATER
CROSSINGS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
0840 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 PALO PINTO SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0846 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 PARKER BRIDGE ON 730 WASHED OUT
AT OLD ANETTA ROAD AND FM
RD 5.
0909 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HOOD GODLEY 171 ROAD CLOSED.
MASSEY ROAD CLOSED.
1131 AM WEATHERFORD TX TORNADO
02/20/97 PARKER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2804 OLD
ROCK RD...2.8 MILES NORTH
OF I-20.
1138 AM SPRINGTOWN TX TORNADO
02/20/97 PARKER FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED 3
MILES WEST OF SPRINGTOWN.
1140 AM CLEBURNE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/20/97 JOHNSON STORAGE BUILDING BLOWN
INTO THE ROAD SOUTHEAST
PART OF CLEBURNE...ORAN
AND 2ND STREET.
1147 AM COTTONDALE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/20/97 WISE SWINGSET BLOWN DOWN AND
TREE LIMBS DOWN.Local storm report, Feb 20, 1:29 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
112 PM CST THU FEB 20 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 AM HURST TX FLOODING
02/20/97 TARRANT *** 1 INJ ***
CHILD CAUGHT IN A STORM
DRAIN...RESCUED AND IS
DOING FINE.
0310 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 COOKE EVACUATED AREAS ALONG
PECAN CREEK.
0425 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 JOHNSON COUNTY ROADS: 913, 1001,
1002, 1126A, 1126, 907,
1015, 1019, 701, 801C
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0455 AM FORT WORTH TX FLOODING
02/20/97 TARRANT TRINITY BLVD. NEAR LOOP
820...UNDER WATER.
0535 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HAMILTON LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0540 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 ERATH LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0545 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HOOD LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0545 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 SOMERVELL LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED.
0549 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 PARKER ROADS CLOSED IN THE
EASTERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0655 AM COMANCHE TX FLOODING
02/20/97 COMANCHE COUNTY ROADS FLOODED.
0733 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 MILLS WATER OVER ROADWAY FROM
DEMOCRAT TO PRIDDY.
0834 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 ERATH EAST LONG ST. CLOSED AT
700 BLOCK.
0835 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HAMILTON PECAN CREEK AREA
FLOODING...ALL LOW WATER
CROSSINGS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
0840 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 PALO PINTO SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0846 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 PARKER BRIDGE ON 730 WASHED OUT
AT OLD ANETTA ROAD AND FM
RD 5.
0909 AM TX FLOODING
02/20/97 HOOD GODLEY 171 ROAD CLOSED.
MASSEY ROAD CLOSED.
1131 AM WEATHERFORD TX TORNADO
02/20/97 PARKER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2804 OLD
ROCK RD...2.8 MILES NORTH
OF I-20.
1138 AM SPRINGTOWN TX TORNADO
02/20/97 PARKER FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED 3
MILES WEST OF SPRINGTOWN.
1140 AM CLEBURNE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/20/97 JOHNSON STORAGE BUILDING BLOWN
INTO THE ROAD SOUTHEAST
PART OF CLEBURNE...ORAN
AND 2ND STREET.
1147 AM COTTONDALE TX WIND DAMAGE
02/20/97 WISE SWINGSET BLOWN DOWN AND
TREE LIM(BS DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 6:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Wise | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Wise | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Somervell | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Somervell | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 68 min |
| Feb 20, 6:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 8:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens, Young | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 111 min |
| Feb 20, 11:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 111 min |
| Feb 20, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 11:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 65 min |
| Feb 20, 1:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 2 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 2 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 116 min |
| Feb 20, 2:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath, Somervell | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta | 4 hr |
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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.