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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 111 min. 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 180109
FFWFTW
TXC027-145-309-331-395-180300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
809 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
MILAM COUNTY IN TEXAS
FALLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
BELL COUNTY IN TEXAS
MCLENNAN COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING WOODWAY...WEST...WACO...TEMPLE...ROCKDALE...
ROBINSON...MCGREGOR...MARLIN...KILLEEN...HEWITT...HEARNE...
FORT HOOD...CAMERON...AND BELTON.
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 809 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1000 PM WHICH
WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY AND RESULT FLASH FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
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.
LAT...LON 3108 9791 3081 9728 3054 9712 3074 9661
3100 9627 3131 9635 3120 9664 3182 9705
3160 9755 3132 9739What 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, 7:11 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
711 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM TX FLOODING
10/17/98 MCLENNAN WATER OVER OLD CRAWFORD
ROAD AND PLESENT RUN ROAD.
0225 PM ELMO TX FLOODING
10/17/98 KAUFMAN HIGH WATER RPTD AT HWY 80
IN ELMO.
0300 PM TX FLOODING
10/17/98 HUNT FLOODING RPTD BY COOP
OBSERVER ON COUNTY ROADS
NEAR LAKE TAWAKONI.
0300 PM TX FLOODING
10/17/98 RAINS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED NEAR
LAKE TAWAKNI.
0305 PM CORSICANA TX FLOODING
10/17/98 NAVARRO COUNTY ROAD 0060 FLOODED 5
S OF CORSICANA.
0305 PM ROANE TX FLOODING
10/17/98 NAVARRO COUNTY ROAD NE 2050
FLOODED 3 E OF ROANE.
0410 PM CRAWFORD TX FLOODING
10/17/98 MCLENNAN FM ROAD 185 NEAR CRAWFORD
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
SEVERAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD
FLOODED.
0507 PM BELTON TX FLOODING
10/17/98 BELL WATER RISING FAST. CLOSE
TO FLOODING SEVERAL HOMES.
0545 PM CALVERT TX FLOODING
10/17/98 ROBERTSON FM 1640 HAS WATER COVERING
THE ROADWAY.
0545 PM FRANKLIN TX FLOODING
10/17/98 ROBERTSON WATER COVERING FM 1640 IN
FRANKLIN.
0555 PM COOPER TX FLOODING
10/17/98 DELTA WATER COVERING ROADS IN
COOPER.Local storm report, Oct 17, 7:11 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
711 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM TX FLOODING
10/17/98 MCLENNAN WATER OVER OLD CRAWFORD
ROAD AND PLESENT RUN ROAD.
0225 PM ELMO TX FLOODING
10/17/98 KAUFMAN HIGH WATER RPTD AT HWY 80
IN ELMO.
0300 PM TX FLOODING
10/17/98 HUNT FLOODING RPTD BY COOP
OBSERVER ON COUNTY ROADS
NEAR LAKE TAWAKONI.
0300 PM TX FLOODING
10/17/98 RAINS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED NEAR
LAKE TAWAKNI.
0305 PM CORSICANA TX FLOODING
10/17/98 NAVARRO COUNTY ROAD 0060 FLOODED 5
S OF CORSICANA.
0305 PM ROANE TX FLOODING
10/17/98 NAVARRO COUNTY ROAD NE 2050
FLOODED 3 E OF ROANE.
0410 PM CRAWFORD TX FLOODING
10/17/98 MCLENNAN FM ROAD 185 NEAR CRAWFORD
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
SEVERAL ROADS IN CRAWFORD
FLOODED.
0507 PM BELTON TX FLOODING
10/17/98 BELL WATER RISING FAST. CLOSE
TO FLOODING SEVERAL HOMES.
0545 PM CALVERT TX FLOODING
10/17/98 ROBERTSON FM 1640 HAS WATER COVERING
THE ROADWAY.
0545 PM FRANKLIN TX FLOODING
10/17/98 ROBERTSON WATER COVERING FM 1640 IN
FRANKLIN.
0555 PM COOPER TX FLOODING
10/17/98 DELTA WATER COVERING ROADS IN
COOPER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 111 min |
| Oct 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan, Milam | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 6 hr |
| Oct 18, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon | 6 hr |
| Oct 18, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, Milam | 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.