Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jan 6, 1998, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 9:00 AM CST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Van Zandt County, TX

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KFTW 061000
FFWFTW
TXC139-145-161-217-257-293-309-349-001-213-467-061500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
358 AM CST TUE JAN 6 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...ELLIS COUNTY...FALLS COUNTY...FREESTONE COUNTY...HILL COUNTY
   ...KAUFMAN COUNTY...LIMESTONE COUNTY...MCLENNAN COUNTY
   ...NAVARRO COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY...HENDERSON COUNTY...VAN ZANDT COUNTY
 
IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A 40 MILE WIDE SWATH EXTENDING
FROM WACO THROUGH CORSICANA TO ATHENS MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN. WHILE
THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THIS AREA...ADDITIONARAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING IN A BAND
EXTENDING FROM WACO TO ATHENS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY
FALL OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 700 AM.
 
MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFUL...AND MANY ROADS REMAIN
IMPASSIBLE FROM HIGH WATER. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO
ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO 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.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1139 PM CST MON JAN 05 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0812 PM    MULLIN                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MILLS                          DIME HAIL 2-3 FEET DEEP

0830 PM    7 E FAIRFIELD             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   FREESTONE                      GOLFBALL HAIL

0840 PM    PRIDDY                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MILLS                          DIME HAIL 2-3 FEET DEEP

0900 PM    8 S HICO                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   HAMILTON                        DIME HAIL

0940 PM    MIDLOTHIAN                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   ELLIS                          DIME HAIL

1000 PM                              TX   FLOODING
01/05/98   LIMESTONE                      NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED

1000 PM                              TX   FLOODING
01/05/98   FREESTONE                      NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS
                                          FLOODED

1020 PM    NEW YORK                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   HENDERSON                      NICKEL HAIL IN NEW YORK
                                          AND LARUE AREA

1100 PM    CHANDLER                  TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   HENDERSON                      HALF-DOLLAR HAIL

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.