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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 1998, 12:48 AM CST for Fannin 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
- Jan 5, 1998, 12:48 AM CST (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 1998, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 050648 RRA FFWFTW TXC145-147-293-051000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1248 AM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FALLS COUNTY...FANNIN COUNTY...LIMESTONE COUNTY RAIN AND THUNDRSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER FANNIN...FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO AND THEN THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THESE COUNTIES UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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.
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, Jan 5, 12:02 AM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1202 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM TEMPLE TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL FLOODING ON I-35 NEAR
TEMPLE
0745 PM TEMPLE TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 BELL HAIL JUST EAST OF TEMPLE
0830 PM TROY TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL I-35 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING AT TROY
0909 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 COLLIN FLOODING ON HWY 380 AND
HWY 5
0915 PM TOM BEAN TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 902
0915 PM BELLS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 82
0917 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FANNIN FM 271 CLOSED AND OTHER
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED
0941 PM IRVING TX FLOODING
01/04/98 DALLAS TWO FEET OF WATER ON
IRVING-STORY ROAD
0950 PM DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 TARRANT SIGNIFICANT STREETLocal storm report, Jan 5, 12:02 AM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1202 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM TEMPLE TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL FLOODING ON I-35 NEAR
TEMPLE
0745 PM TEMPLE TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 BELL HAIL JUST EAST OF TEMPLE
0830 PM TROY TX FLOODING
01/04/98 BELL I-35 CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING AT TROY
0909 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 COLLIN FLOODING ON HWY 380 AND
HWY 5
0915 PM TOM BEAN TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 902
0915 PM BELLS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 GRAYSON FLOODING ON HWY 82
0917 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FANNIN FM 271 CLOSED AND OTHER
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED
0941 PM IRVING TX FLOODING
01/04/98 DALLAS TWO FEET OF WATER ON
IRVING-STORY ROAD
0950 PM DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS TX FLOODING
01/04/98 TARRANT SIGNIFICANT STREETLocal storm report, Jan 5, 12:33 AM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1233 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0954 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FALLS HWY 320 FLOODED
1001 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FANNIN HWY 82 CLOSED BETWEEN
SHERMAN AND BONHAM DUE TO
WATER. SEVERAL BRIDGES
WASHED OUT IN COUNTY.
1118 PM CENTER TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 LIMESTONE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF
CENTER ON HWY 164
1133 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 DALLAS FLOODING OF SMALL COUNTY
ROADS IN NORTHWEST PART OF
COUNTY.Local storm report, Jan 5, 12:33 AM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1233 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0954 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FALLS HWY 320 FLOODED
1001 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 FANNIN HWY 82 CLOSED BETWEEN
SHERMAN AND BONHAM DUE TO
WATER. SEVERAL BRIDGES
WASHED OUT IN COUNTY.
1118 PM CENTER TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 LIMESTONE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF
CENTER ON HWY 164
1133 PM TX FLOODING
01/04/98 DALLAS FLOODING OF SMALL COUNTY
ROADS IN NORTHWEST PART OF
COUNTY.Local storm report, Jan 5, 12:44 AM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1244 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM TEAGUE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 FREESTONE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF
TEAGUE
1201 AM TX FLOODING
01/05/98 ELLIS HWY 75 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.Local storm report, Jan 5, 12:44 AM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1244 AM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM TEAGUE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/04/98 FREESTONE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF
TEAGUE
1201 AM TX FLOODING
01/05/98 ELLIS HWY 75 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 56 min |
| Jan 4, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 64 min |
| Jan 4, 7:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, McLennan | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 38 min |
| Jan 4, 8:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 9:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 61 min |
| Jan 4, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 10:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 12:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 69 min |
| Jan 5, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 62 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.