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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1998, 1:25 PM CDT for Van Zandt 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 1998, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 171825
FFWFTW
TXC467-172130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
125 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING WILLS POINT...GRAND SALINE AND CANTON
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 125 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY
RAIN FALLING ACROSS VAN ZANDT COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN AROUND WILLS POINT AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
IS LIKELY TO OCCUR AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FALLS DURING
THE AFTERNOON.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VAN...MYRTLE SPRINGS...
EDGEWOOD AND BEN WHEELER
* DO NOT DRIVE IN WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERING ROADS. IF YOU
BECOME STARNDED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3237 9605 3237 9551 3270 9567z 3283 9606What 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
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 10:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ146-171615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1048 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998 AT 1044 AM NAVARRO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE WEST SIDE OF CORSICANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. RESIDENTS ON THE WEST AND NORTH SIDES OF CORSICANA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 10:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ146-171615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1048 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998 AT 1044 AM NAVARRO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE WEST SIDE OF CORSICANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. RESIDENTS ON THE WEST AND NORTH SIDES OF CORSICANA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
Local storm report, Oct 17, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
124 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0925 AM KILLEEN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/17/98 BELL 6 SW OF YOUNGSPORT ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 195. TREES
UPROOTED, HOUSE DESTROYED.
1005 AM KILLEEN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/17/98 BELL NEAR YOUNGSPORT,10S OF
KILLEEN REPORT OF SEVERAL
HOMES DESTROYED...ROOFS
TORN OFF HOMES. INJURIES
REPORTED DUE TO FLYING
DEBRIS EXTENT UNKNOWN.
1032 AM SILVER CITY TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO PUBLIC RPTD TORNADO NEAR
SILVER CITY.
1042 AM CORSICANA TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO TORNADO 10 SW OF CORSICANA
ON HWY 31. ONE MOBLE HOME
DESTROYED SEVERAL PEOPLE
INJURED RPTD BY CORSICANA
FIRE DEPT.
1055 AM CORSICANA TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO *** 1 DEAD ***
DPS RPTD CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE AND ONE FATALITY 5
S OF CORSICANA.
1117 AM OGLESBY TX TORNADO
10/17/98 CORYELL TWO BRICK HOMES DESTROYED
AND LARGE TREES UPROOTED
1155 AM RICHLAND TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO 2 S OF RICHLAND TORNpADO
RPTD.Local storm report, Oct 17, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
124 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0925 AM KILLEEN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/17/98 BELL 6 SW OF YOUNGSPORT ALONG
COUNTY ROAD 195. TREES
UPROOTED, HOUSE DESTROYED.
1005 AM KILLEEN TX WIND DAMAGE
10/17/98 BELL NEAR YOUNGSPORT,10S OF
KILLEEN REPORT OF SEVERAL
HOMES DESTROYED...ROOFS
TORN OFF HOMES. INJURIES
REPORTED DUE TO FLYING
DEBRIS EXTENT UNKNOWN.
1032 AM SILVER CITY TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO PUBLIC RPTD TORNADO NEAR
SILVER CITY.
1042 AM CORSICANA TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO TORNADO 10 SW OF CORSICANA
ON HWY 31. ONE MOBLE HOME
DESTROYED SEVERAL PEOPLE
INJURED RPTD BY CORSICANA
FIRE DEPT.
1055 AM CORSICANA TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO *** 1 DEAD ***
DPS RPTD CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE AND ONE FATALITY 5
S OF CORSICANA.
1117 AM OGLESBY TX TORNADO
10/17/98 CORYELL TWO BRICK HOMES DESTROYED
AND LARGE TREES UPROOTED
1155 AM RICHLAND TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO 2 S OF RICHLAND TORNpADO
RPTD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 10:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 28 min |
| Oct 17, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 11:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 11:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 11:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone, Navarro | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 5:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 3 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.