Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1998, 5:17 PM CDT for Bell County, McLennan 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, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bell County, TX, McLennan County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 172216
FFWFTW
TXC027-309-180115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
517 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
BELL COUNTY IN TEXAS
MCLENNAN COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING WOODWAY...WACO...TEMPLE...ROBINSON...MCGREGOR...
LACY-LAKEVIEW...HEWITT...HARKER HEIGHTS...BELTON AND BELLMEAD
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 517 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATED MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER BELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES
WITH MORE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. REPORTS OF FLOODING
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM CRAWFORD IN MCLENNAN COUNTY AND
BELTON IN BELL COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TROY...NOLANVILLE...
MOODY... LORENA... LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...HOLLAND... CHINA
SPRING AND AXTELL.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...SOME COUNTY ROADS...
HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
LAT...LON 3099 9781 3085 9734 3132 9729 3159 9690
3176 9706 3161 9756 3133 9734What 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 17, 1:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes 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, 3 hours 53 minutes 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, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
150 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM BRANDON TX TORNADO
10/17/98 HILL POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
RPTD NEAR BRANDON BY SO.Local storm report, Oct 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
208 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
10/17/98 BELL ONE HOME AND 3 MOBLE HOMES
DESTROYED IN HARKER
HEIGHTS ON COUNTY ROAD
190.
1020 AM TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO *** 1 DEAD, 4 INJ ***
MORE INFORMATION ON
EARLIER REPORT. S.O.
REPORTED ALL INJURIES AND
DEATH OCCURRED WHEN THE
MOBLE HOME WAS DESTROYED.
1110 AM KILLEEN TX FLOODING
10/17/98 BELL LOW WATER CROSSINGS
FLOODED IN THE KILLEEN
AREA.
1255 PM KAUFMAN TX FLOODING
10/17/98 KAUFMAN HWY 175 8 SE OF
KAUFMAN...HWY 148 AND
COUNTY ROAD 4061 AND
NEARBY ROADS FLOODED.
RPTD BY SO.
0114 PM WILLS POINT TX FLOODING
10/17/98 VAN ZANDT * FLOODING IN LOW AREAS WITH
2 TO 3 INCHES OVER ROADS
NEAR WILLS POINT.Local storm report, Oct 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
208 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM TX WIND DAMAGE
10/17/98 BELL ONE HOME AND 3 MOBLE HOMES
DESTROYED IN HARKER
HEIGHTS ON COUNTY ROAD
190.
1020 AM TX TORNADO
10/17/98 NAVARRO *** 1 DEAD, 4 INJ ***
MORE INFORMATION ON
EARLIER REPORT. S.O.
REPORTED ALL INJURIES AND
DEATH OCCURRED WHEN THE
MOBLE HOME WAS DESTROYED.
1110 AM KILLEEN TX FLOODING
10/17/98 BELL LOW WATER CROSSINGS
FLOODED IN THE KILLEEN
AREA.
1255 PM KAUFMAN TX FLOODING
10/17/98 KAUFMAN HWY 175 8 SE OF
KAUFMAN...HWY 148 AND
COUNTY ROAD 4061 AND
NEARBY ROADS FLOODED.
RPTD BY SO.
0114 PM WILLS POINT TX FLOODING
10/17/98 VAN ZANDT * FLOODING IN LOW AREAS WITH
2 TO 3 INCHES OVER ROADS
NEAR WILLS POINT.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, 1:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| 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, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 3 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.