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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 1998, 7:24 AM CDT for Hunt 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1998, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1998, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hunt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 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 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 3118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 031225
FFWFTW
TXC231-031615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
724 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
HUNT COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING GREENVILLE...COMMERCE AND WOLFE CITY
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 724 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE HUNT COUNTY.
THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST...QUINLAN...
MERIT... KINGSTON...FLOYD...CELESTE...CAMPBELL AND CADDO MILLS
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
AND YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3335 9628 3287 9628 3287 9603 3302 9589
3341 9587What 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 3, 3:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 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, 4 hours 2 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, 6:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
604 AM CDT SAT OCT 03 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM GRAHAM TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 YOUNG QUARTER SIZE HAIL RPTD 4
SOUTH OF GRAHAM. GRAHAM
F.D.
0711 PM PERRIN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 JACK POWER LINES AND TREES
BLOWN DOWN E OF PERRIN.
0715 PM BRECKENRIDGE TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 STEPHENS S.O. RPTD HAIL 5 MILES ENE
OF BRECKENRIDGE.
0720 PM BOONSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 WISE POWER LINES AND TREES
BLOWN DOWN. RPTD BY S.O.
0815 PM BLUE RIDGE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 COLLIN POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
RPTD BY S.O.
0835 PM POOLVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PARKER DIME HAIL RPTD BETWEEN
POOLVILLE AND PEASTER.
0850 PM PALO PINTO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD BY AMATUER
RADIO OPERATORS.
0900 PM MINERAL WELLS TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD BY AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS.
0905 PM PALO PINTO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO x DIME HAIL RPTD 7 MILES W
OF PALO PINTO BY SPOTTERS.Local storm report, Oct 3, 6:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
604 AM CDT SAT OCT 03 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM GRAHAM TX 1 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 YOUNG QUARTER SIZE HAIL RPTD 4
SOUTH OF GRAHAM. GRAHAM
F.D.
0711 PM PERRIN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 JACK POWER LINES AND TREES
BLOWN DOWN E OF PERRIN.
0715 PM BRECKENRIDGE TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 STEPHENS S.O. RPTD HAIL 5 MILES ENE
OF BRECKENRIDGE.
0720 PM BOONSVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 WISE POWER LINES AND TREES
BLOWN DOWN. RPTD BY S.O.
0815 PM BLUE RIDGE TX WIND DAMAGE
10/02/98 COLLIN POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
RPTD BY S.O.
0835 PM POOLVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PARKER DIME HAIL RPTD BETWEEN
POOLVILLE AND PEASTER.
0850 PM PALO PINTO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD BY AMATUER
RADIO OPERATORS.
0900 PM MINERAL WELLS TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL RPTD BY AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS.
0905 PM PALO PINTO TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/02/98 PALO PINTO x DIME HAIL RPTD 7 MILES W
OF PALO PINTO BY SPOTTERS.Special weather statement, Oct 3, 6:30 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 630 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... STEPHENVILLE...WACO...TEMPLE...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX... SHERMAN/DENISON...PARIS..AND ATHENS. THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD THEY WERE ON FRIDAY. NEVERTHELESS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS IN WEST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS AND SCATTERED STORMS IN THE EAST SHOULD PRODUCE ISOLATED REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VERY COMPLEX SURFACE WEATHER PATTERN WILL INCLUDE A DRY LINE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND A SERIES OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SPEEDS AND THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR VALUES WILL BE WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY. NEVERTHELESS...THE EXISTING WIND SHEAR VALUES WILL BE SUFFICIENT...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATELY HIGH INSTABILITIES...TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. TORNADOES APPEAR LESS LIKELY THAN ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF WEAKER WIND SPEEDS AND VERTICAL SHEAR VALUES. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF TODAY'S UPPER LEVEL WINDS...AS OVERNIGHT WIND SPEEDS AT A SPECIAL WIND PROFILER SITE IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE STRONGER THAN THOSE FORECASTED BY THE ATMOSPHERIC MODELS. EMERGENCY M~ANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 6:30 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 630 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 1998 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS... STEPHENVILLE...WACO...TEMPLE...THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX... SHERMAN/DENISON...PARIS..AND ATHENS. THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD THEY WERE ON FRIDAY. NEVERTHELESS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS IN WEST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS AND SCATTERED STORMS IN THE EAST SHOULD PRODUCE ISOLATED REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VERY COMPLEX SURFACE WEATHER PATTERN WILL INCLUDE A DRY LINE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND A SERIES OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SPEEDS AND THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR VALUES WILL BE WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY. NEVERTHELESS...THE EXISTING WIND SHEAR VALUES WILL BE SUFFICIENT...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATELY HIGH INSTABILITIES...TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. TORNADOES APPEAR LESS LIKELY THAN ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF WEAKER WIND SPEEDS AND VERTICAL SHEAR VALUES. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF TODAY'S UPPER LEVEL WINDS...AS OVERNIGHT WIND SPEEDS AT A SPECIAL WIND PROFILER SITE IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE STRONGER THAN THOSE FORECASTED BY THE ATMOSPHERIC MODELS. EMERGENCY M~ANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/
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, 4:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 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 |
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.