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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 1998, 9:36 PM CST for Ellis County, Kaufman 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
- Jan 5, 1998, 9:36 PM CST (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 1998, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ellis County, TX, Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 060338 FFWFTW TXC139-257-060545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 936 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ELLIS COUNTY...KAUFMAN COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINS ACROSS KAUFMAN AND ELLIS COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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.
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, 2 hours 19 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, 2 hours 19 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 8:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| 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, 9:42 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.