Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT for Falls County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Apr 25, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Falls County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 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 252022 FFWFTW TXC145-252215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN... ...FALLS COUNTY AT 320 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ESTIMATED 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY SINCE 2 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCOF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. &
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
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1200 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS SLIGHT RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LAMPASAS... WEATHERFORD...EMORY LINE...AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATHENS... CENTERVILLE...CORSICANA...HILLSBORO...KILLEEN...TEMPLE...WACO...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. AT MIDDAY...A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ACT ON ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE SURFACE IS COOL AND STABLE...THE ATMOSPHERE IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE ALOFT. AS A RESULT...ELEVATED STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. WHILE ONE OR TWO SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF A PARIS TO CENTERVILLE LINE. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER AFFECT YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS ....OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 70
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 49 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.