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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 1998, 8:58 PM CST for Freestone County, Limestone 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, 8:58 PM CST (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1998, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 060300 FFWFTW TXC161-293-060600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 858 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...FREESTONE COUNTY...LIMESTONE COUNTY AT 900 PM THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING OVER LIMESTONE AND FREESTONE COUNTIES. THESE COUNTIES RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...AND THUS IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. 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, 7:17 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
717 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM CENTERVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 LEON
0609 PM GOLDTHWAITE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 MILLS
0645 PM GOLDTHWAITE TX TORNADO
01/05/98 MILLS SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED 5
MILES NE OF GOLDTHWAITE.Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:17 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
717 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM CENTERVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 LEON
0609 PM GOLDTHWAITE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 MILLS
0645 PM GOLDTHWAITE TX TORNADO
01/05/98 MILLS SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED 5
MILES NE OF GOLDTHWAITE.Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
735 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM CHINA SPRINGS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 MCLENNAN
0710 PM PECAN WELLS TX FUNNEL CLOUD
01/05/98 HAMILTONLocal storm report, Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
735 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM CHINA SPRINGS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 MCLENNAN
0710 PM PECAN WELLS TX FUNNEL CLOUD
01/05/98 HAMILTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mills | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 6:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Mills | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jan 5, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 17 min |
| Jan 5, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Robertson | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 42 min |
| Jan 5, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 36 min |
| Jan 5, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 65 min |
| Jan 5, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 52 min |
| Jan 5, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 62 min |
| Jan 5, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 69 min |
| Jan 5, 9:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 2 hr |
| Jan 5, 9:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls | 2 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 115 min |
| Jan 5, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 65 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 62 min |
| Jan 5, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 10:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 2 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 3:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Kaufman | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 65 min |
| Jan 6, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 62 min |
| Jan 6, 11:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Limestone, Milam | 7 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 7 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro | 7 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.