Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 1997, 9:58 AM CST for Eastland County, Erath County, Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 2, 1997, 9:58 AM CST (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 546 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 021559 FFWFTW TXC093-133-143-193-281-333-363-021900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 958 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COMANCHE COUNTY...EASTLAND COUNTY...ERATH COUNTY ...HAMILTON COUNTY...LAMPASAS COUNTY...MILLS COUNTY ...PALO PINTO COUNTY AT 958 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WAS BEGINNING TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN BOTH INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. HOWEVER...ANOTHER 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM...AND FLOODING THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 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...2EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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, Mar 2, 4:55 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
454 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM HILLSBORO TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 HILL
1026 PM BELTON TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 BELL
1030 PM 2 SE TEMPLE TX WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 BELL MOBILE HOME WAS
OVERTURNED, TREES UPROOTED
AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY
TSTM WIND
1030 PM 2 SE TEMPLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 BELL
1120 PM LOTT TX WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 FALLS A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN
1135 PM MARLIN TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 FALLS
1210 AM 10 E GOLDTHWAITE TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 MILLS BARN WAS DAMAGED BY HIGH
WINDS
1230 AM 6 SW GROESBECK TX 1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 LIMESTONE
0105 AM HAMILTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 HAMILTON
0205 AM 6 NE SCALLORN TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 MILLS LARGE CEDAR TREES WERE
BROKEN OFF ABOVE THE
~ GROUND AND A BARN WAS
DAMAGEDLocal storm report, Mar 2, 7:28 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 ERATH SOME COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0717 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 LAMPASAS HIGH WATER PROBLEMS
COUNTYWIDE
0717 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 COMANCHE LOW LYING AREAS
FLOODED...SEVERAL COUNTY
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
0720 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 HAMILLTON SIDE STREETS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Mar 2, 7:30 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
728 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 ERATH SOME COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0717 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 LAMPASAS HIGH WATER PROBLEMS
COUNTYWIDE
0717 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 COMANCHE LOW LYING AREAS
FLOODED...SEVERAL COUNTY
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
0720 AM TX FLOODING
03/02/97 HAMILLTON SIDE
STREETS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:37 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0804 AM TOOL TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED BY
STRONG STRAIGHTLINE WINDS.
PEOPLE WERE INSIDE.
0815 AM KEMP TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 KAUFMAN WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN
BETWEEN KEMP AND MABANK.
0815 AM MABANK TX 1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 KAUFMAN SEVERE WIND DAMAGE AND
LARGE HAIL OF UNKNOWN
SIZE. 5 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
THE CITY OF KEMP...UNKNOWN
AS TO WHY. SHERIFFS DEPT.Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:38 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
837 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0804 AM TOOL TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 HENDERSON MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED BY
STRONG STRAIGHTLINE WINDS.
PEOPLE WERE INSIDE.
0815 AM KEMP TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 KAUFMAN WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN
BETWEEN KEMP AND MABANK.
0815 AM MABANK TX 1 INCH HAIL
03/02/97 KAUFMAN SEVERE WIND DAMAGE AND
LARGE HAIL OF UNKNOWN
SIZE. 5 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
THE CITY OF KnEMP...UNKNOWN
AS TO WHY. SHERIFFS DEPT.Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:02 AM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
902 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 AM KERENS TX 100 MPH TSTM GUST
03/02/97 NAVARRO *** 2 DEAD ***
JUST NORTH OF KERENS...2
KILLED IN MOBILE HOME
WRECKAGE...BY STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS. REPORT
RECIEVED BY WACO DPS AT
850 AM...STORM OCCURRED AT
745 AM.
0823 AM CORSICANA TX TORNADO
03/02/97 NAVARRO FUNNEL REPORTED BY A
HELICOPTER OVER CORSICANA.
0830 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 VAN ZANDT BARNS DESTROYED BY STAIGHT
LINE WINDS IN SOUTHERN
PART OF COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 54 min |
| Mar 1, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 69 min |
| Mar 1, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 11:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 69 min |
| Mar 2, 12:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 57 min |
| Mar 2, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 68 min |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lampasas, Mills | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 69 min |
| Mar 2, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 9:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Erath | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 57 min |
| Mar 2, 5:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 119 min |
Nearby
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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.