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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 1998, 4:38 AM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Oct 3, 1998, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1998, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grayson County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 2565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.2
- Supercell composite
- 26.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 030939
FFWFTW
TXC181-031330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
438 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
GRAYSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING WHITESBORO AND DENISON
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 438 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES EAST OF DENISON MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES
PER HOUR.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE POTTSBORO AND GORDONVILLE
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 HIGHER GROUND 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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
LAZT...LON 3390 9692 3366 9693 3363 9639 3374 9639What 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, Oct 2, 10:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1039 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM RHOME TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 WISE TRAVEL TRAILER BLOWN OVER,
TREE LIMBS BROKEN, POWER
LINES DOWN IN RHOME.
0830 PM FORT WORTH TX 73 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 TARRANT WIND RPTD IN SUMMERFIELDS
DIVISION BY SPOTTER.
0840 PM SAGINAW TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 TARRANT LIGHT POLES BLOWN DOWN IN
SAGINAW RPTD BY P.D.
0851 PM RANGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 EASTLAND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RPTD BY
S.O.
0852 PM PALO PINTO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD BY SPOTTER
IN THE CITY.
0916 PM TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 PARKER STORM SPOTTERS RPTD 60 MPH
WINDS IN WILLOW PARK.
0925 PM BENBROOK TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 TARRANT DIME HAIL RPTD BY
SPOTTERS.
0928 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD IN SANTOS.
0940 PM NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TX FLOODING
10/02/98 TARRANT CAR FLOODED AT RUFE SNOW
AND HIGHTOWN STREETS.
DRIVER NOT FOUND.
0940 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PARKER SPOTTER RPTD DIME HAIL.
0955 PM TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 PARKER TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER
IN WILLOW PARK.
1021 PM STRAWN TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
RPTD BETWEEN STRAWN AND
MINGUS BY SO.
1030 PM SPRINGTOWN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 PARKER POWER LINES DOWN NORTH OF
SPRINGTOWN.Local storm report, Oct 2, 10:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1039 PM CDT FRI OCT 02 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM RHOME TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 WISE TRAVEL TRAILER BLOWN OVER,
TREE LIMBS BROKEN, POWER
LINES DOWN IN RHOME.
0830 PM FORT WORTH TX 73 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 TARRANT WIND RPTD IN SUMMERFIELDS
DIVISION BY SPOTTER.
0840 PM SAGINAW TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 TARRANT LIGHT POLES BLOWN DOWN IN
SAGINAW RPTD BY P.D.
0851 PM RANGER TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 EASTLAND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RPTD BY
S.O.
0852 PM PALO PINTO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD BY SPOTTER
IN THE CITY.
0916 PM TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 PARKER STORM SPOTTERS RPTD 60 MPH
WINDS IN WILLOW PARK.
0925 PM BENBROOK TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 TARRANT DIME HAIL RPTD BY
SPOTTERS.
0928 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD IN SANTOS.
0940 PM NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TX FLOODING
10/02/98 TARRANT CAR FLOODED AT RUFE SNOW
AND HIGHTOWN STREETS.
DRIVER NOT FOUND.
0940 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PARKER SPOTTER RPTD DIME HAIL.
0955 PM TX 60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/02/98 PARKER TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER
IN WILLOW PARK.
1021 PM STRAWN TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
RPTD BETWEEN STRAWN AND
MINGUS BY SO.
1030 PM SPRINGTOWN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 PARKER POWER LINES DOWN NORTH OF
SPRINGTOWN.Local storm report, Oct 3, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
322 AM CDT SAT OCT 03 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 PM TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 COLLIN ONE INCH HAIL RPTD BY
AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR.
0810 PM AZLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 TARRANT TREES BLOWN DOWN,SOME FELL
ON APARTMENT COMPLEX.
0810 PM AZLE TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 TARRANT QUARTER HAIL RPTD BY P.D.
0810 PM POOLVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 PARKER TREES LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN
TOWN.
1010 PM GREENVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 HUNT TREE BLOWN DOWN 3 MILES
SOUTH OF GREENVILLE. TREE
COVERED ROAD.
1030 PM EMORY TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 RAINS TREES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF
TOWN.
1040 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO SPOTTER RPTD DIME HAIL IN
GORDON.
1045 PM TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 HOPKINS TREES BLOWN DOWNt IN RURAL
SOUTHWEST HOPKINS COUNTY.Local storm report, Oct 3, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
322 AM CDT SAT OCT 03 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 PM TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 COLLIN ONE INCH HAIL RPTD BY
AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR.
0810 PM AZLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 TARRANT TREES BLOWN DOWN,SOME FELL
ON APARTMENT COMPLEX.
0810 PM AZLE TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 TARRANT QUARTER HAIL RPTD BY P.D.
0810 PM POOLVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 PARKER TREES LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN
TOWN.
1010 PM GREENVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 HUNT TREE BLOWN DOWN 3 MILES
SOUTH OF GREENVILLE. TREE
COVERED ROAD.
1030 PM EMORY TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 RAINS TREES BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF
TOWN.
1040 PM TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO SPOTTER RPTD DIME HAIL IN
GORDON.
1045 PM TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 HOPKINS TREES BLOWN DOWNt IN RURAL
SOUTHWEST HOPKINS COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 26 min |
| Oct 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt | 46 min |
| Oct 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 42 min |
| Oct 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 64 min |
| Oct 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 57 min |
| Oct 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 59 min |
| Oct 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 56 min |
| Oct 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 65 min |
| Oct 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 61 min |
| Oct 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 55 min |
| Oct 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 64 min |
| Oct 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 58 min |
| Oct 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 67 min |
| Oct 2, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 60 min |
| Oct 2, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 60 min |
| Oct 2, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 62 min |
| Oct 3, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 45 min |
| Oct 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 45 min |
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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.