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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 17, 1998, 11:45 PM CDT for Anderson County, Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 6 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, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 1998, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 180450
FFWFTW
TXC001-161-181100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1145 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
FREESTONE COUNTY IN TEXAS
ANDERSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
INCLUDING TEAGUE...PALESTINE AND FAIRFIELD
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 1145 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUING OVER FREESTONE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
THOSE COUNTIES AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MILES PER HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES WERE THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS. TWO TO THREE ADDITIONAL
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE MORNING.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TUCKER...TENNESSEE
COLONY...NECHES...MONTALBA...FRANKSTON AND CAYUGA
TAKE FLOOD PRECAUTIONS NOW! MOST DEATHS DURING HEAVY RAINFALL OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATERS
OF UNKOWN DEPTH.
LAT...LON 3176 9648 3147 9619 3178 9538 3187 9545
3210 9541 3202 9598
What 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, 4 hours 34 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, 4 hours 34 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 | Bell, Falls, Milam, Robertson | 111 min |
| 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 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 |
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.