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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX

January 6, 1998Bell County, Falls County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 6, 1998, 5:57 PM CST for Bell County, Falls County, Texas. It was in force for 7 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 6, 1998, 5:57 PM CST (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1998, 1:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bell County, TX, Falls County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 062358
FFWFTW
TXC027-145-161-293-349-001-213-070700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
557 PM CST TUE JAN 6 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...
 
   ...BELL COUNTY...FALLS COUNTY...FREESTONE COUNTY
   ...LIMESTONE COUNTY...NAVARRO COUNTY...ANDERSON COUNTY
   ...HENDERSON COUNTY
 
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE
AREA DUE TO HIGH WATER. MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2
INCH LIKELY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING
PROBLEMS. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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 6, 3:05 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
305 PM CST TUE JAN 06 1998

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

0630 PM                              TX   WIND DAMAGE
01/05/98   ANDERSON                       ROOF BLOWN OFF IN NORTHERN
                                          PART OF COUNTY

0820 PM    STEPHENVILLE              TX   FLOODING
01/04/98   ERATH                          TWO CARS WASHED WAY

0826 PM    STEPHENVILLE              TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/04/98   ERATH                          REPORTED NORTH OF TOWN

0715 PM    7 NE GOLDTHWAITE          TX   TORNADO
01/05/98   MILLS                          SPOTTED ALONG FM 572

0730 PM    N BREMOND                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   FALLS                          JUST OVER COUNTY LINE
                                          NORTH OF BREMOND

0810 PM    MART                      TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   MCLENNAN

0930 PM    FORT WORTH                TX   1 INCH HAIL
01/05/98   TARRANT                        ALONG MCCART SOUTH OF
                                          ALTAMESA

1100 PM                              TX   FLOODING
01/05/98   FREESTONE                      FOLLOWING ROADS CLOSED
                                          HWY 80 AT TWAKONA
                                          CREEK...FM 2547 AT
                                          COTTONWOOD CREEK...HWY 489
                                          AT KECHI CREEK AND HWY 75
                                          UNDERPASS

1200 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   NAVARRO                        FOLLOWING FARM TO MARKET
                                          ROADS CLOSED 638...667
                                           55...3194...744...287

1200 AM    SPEEGLEVILLE              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   MCLENNAN                       WATER OVER ROADWAYS

1238 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   MCLENNAN                       MANY SMALL CITY ROADS
                                          UNDER WATER

1248 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   HENDERSON                      WATER OVER ROADWAY ON FM
                                          3079 AND FM 175.  ALSO
                                          COUNTY ROADS 4715...4712
                                          AND 2730

0100 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   HENDERSON                      WATER OVER HWY 175 NEAR
                                          HENDERSON COUNTY LINE.
                                          BRIDGE AT CATFISH CREEK
                                          UNDER 5 FT OF WATER.
                                          NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED AROUND CAYUGA.

0115 AM    ABBOTT                    TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   HILL                           WATER ON ROADWAYS

0120 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   LIMESTONE                      FLOODING PROBLEMS ON HWY
                                          39.  CAR UPSIDE DOWN IN
                                          DITCH IN 5 FT OF WATER
                                          ALONG HWY 171 NEAR HILL
                                          COUNTY LINE

0133 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   ELLIS                          PARKER HILL ROAD CLOSED
                                          DUE TO FLOODING

0300 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   VAN ZANDT                      FOLLOWING FARM TO MARKET
                                          ROADS UNDER WATER
                                          4912...4903...4810...4709

0358 AM    CORSICANA                 TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   NAVARRO                        FLOODING IN CORSICANA AND
                                          SURROUNDING AREAS

0830 AM    8 E DEW                   TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   FREESTONE                      WATER OVER HWY 179

0850 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   NAVARRO                        SOME COUNTY ROADS CONTINUE
                                          TO BE FLOODED

0851 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   NAVARRO                        MILE MARKER 231 UNDER
                                          WATER

0852 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   HENDERSON                      LOTS OF ROADS STILL
                                          FLOODED AND CLOSED

0853 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   ANDERSON                       ONE ROAD CLOSED OVER
                                          BRIDGE IN LOW SPOT

0854 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   MCLENNAN                       FM 939 STILL UNDER WATER
                                          BUT NOT CLOSED

0945 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   FREESTONE                      SEVERAL FARM TO MARKET
                                          ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
                                          FLOODING

1000 AM    LAMPASAS                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
01/06/98   LAMPASAS

1052 AM                              TX   FLOODING
01/06/98   MILAM                          FM 1915 AND FM 2269 CLOSED

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone55 min
Jan 5, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMills54 min
Jan 5, 6:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMills3 hr
Jan 5, 6:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
Jan 5, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan25 min
Jan 5, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton61 min
Jan 5, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill54 min
Jan 5, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHamilton17 min
Jan 5, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Robertson41 min
Jan 5, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone55 min
Jan 5, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill45 min
Jan 5, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills59 min
Jan 5, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan26 min
Jan 5, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson42 min
Jan 5, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMills36 min
Jan 5, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton65 min
Jan 5, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque55 min
Jan 5, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson52 min
Jan 5, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone3 hr
Jan 5, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant62 min
Jan 5, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson69 min
Jan 5, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman2 hr
Jan 5, 9:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls2 hr
Jan 5, 10:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson115 min
Jan 5, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas65 min
Jan 5, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson62 min
Jan 5, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson38 min
Jan 5, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Navarro2 hr
Jan 5, 11:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin3 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro4 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Hill, Limestone, McLennan4 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman4 hr
Jan 5, 11:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt4 hr
Jan 6, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman63 min
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro5 hr
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Kaufman5 hr
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone, McLennan5 hr
Jan 6, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDVan Zandt5 hr
Jan 6, 9:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro3 hr
Jan 6, 9:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLampasas65 min
Jan 6, 10:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam62 min
Jan 6, 11:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Limestone, Milam7 hr
Jan 6, 11:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro7 hr
Jan 6, 5:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro7 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.