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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 1998, 11:10 PM CST for Collin County, 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, 11:10 PM CST (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1998, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Collin County, TX, Fannin County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 060512 FFWFTW TXC085-147-060800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1110 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COLLIN COUNTY...FANNIN COUNTY AT 1110 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR DECTECTED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLLIN AND HUNT COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED FROM ONE INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN COLLIN COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 1 AM FROM THIS CLUSTER AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE RED RIVER. 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. 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
Local storm report, Jan 5, 7:17 PM CST, 3 hours 53 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 53 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 35 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 35 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, 1 hour 20 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, 10:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 2 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
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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.