Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 1998, 10:45 PM CST for Henderson County, Navarro 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, 10:45 PM CST (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1998, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, TX, Navarro County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 060447 FFWFTW TXC349-213-060700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1045 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...HENDERSON COUNTY AT 1045 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER IN INTENSE...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WACO TO ATHENS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD OCCUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 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, 7:17 PM CST, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 10 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, 3 hours 10 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, 9:50 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
950 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM CHINA SPRING TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 MCLENNAN DIME HAIL
0715 PM HAMILTON TX TORNADO
01/05/98 HAMILTON POSSIBLE TORNADO
0735 PM WHITNEY TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 HILL DIME HAIL ON HWY 22
0801 PM 6 NW WHITNEY TX 1 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 HILL
0832 PM 10 W MEXIA TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 LIMESTONE NICKEL HAIL
0851 PM CLEBURNE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 JOHNSON GOLFBALL HAIL
0908 PM JOSHUA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 JOHNSON GOLFBALL HAIL BROKE CAR
WINDSHIELDS ON HWY 174
0918 PM 2 N BURLESON TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 TARRANT GOLFBALL HAIL ALONG I-35
0920 PM CAYUGA TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 ANDERSON GOLFBALL HAIL
0932 PM FORT WORTH TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 TARRANT NICKEL HAIL IN SOUTH FORT
WORTH
0945 PM EDGECLIFF VILLAGE TX .88 INCH HAIL
01/05/98 TARRANT NICKEL HAILThe 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, 9:36 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, 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 |
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.