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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 18, 1998Bell County, Falls County, Milam County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1998, 6:00 AM CDT for Bell County, Falls County, Milam 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 18, 1998, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 1998, 9:00 AM 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, Falls County, TX, Milam County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 181100
FFWFTW
TXC001-027-145-161-289-293-331-395-181400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

   * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
     FREESTONE COUNTY IN TEXAS
     MILAM COUNTY IN TEXAS
     LIMESTONE COUNTY IN TEXAS
     FALLS COUNTY IN TEXAS
     ANDERSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
     ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
     BELL COUNTY IN TEXAS
     LEON COUNTY IN TEXAS
     INCLUDING TEMPLE...TEAGUE...MARLIN...GROESBECK...FAIRFIELD AND
     CAMERON

   * UNTIL 900 AM CDT

   * AT 550 AM... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE AREA SOUTH OF TEMPLE... GROESBECK... AND PALESTINE.
MANY CREEKS... STREAMS... AND LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN FLOODED... AND WHILE 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH... FLOODING
WILL TAKE A WHILE TO SUBSIDE. 

WATCH FOR RISING WXATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT VENTURE INTO FLOODED LOW 
WATER AREAS. STAY AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

LAT...LON 3109 9744 3061 9716 3126 9572 3198 9565

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 18, 4:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
434 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 PM                              TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   RAINS                          NWS CO-OP OBSVR RPTD CNTY
                                          ROADS FLOODED NEAR LAKE
                                          TAWAKONI

0300 PM                              TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   MCLENNAN                       S/O RPTD WATER OVER OLD
                                          CRANFORD AND PLEASANT RUN
                                          ROADS

0305 PM                              TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   NAVARRO                        S/O RPTD ROAD FLOODING 5
                                          MI S OF CORSICANA

0410 PM                              TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   MCLENNAN                       S/O RPTD FM 185 NR
                                          CRAWFORD CLOSED DUE TO HI
                                          WATER AND NUMEROUS ROADS
                                          IN CRAWFORD FLOODED

0507 PM    BELTON                    TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   BELL                           S/O RPTD RISING WATER
                                          THREATENING SEVERAL HOMES
                                          IN BELTON

0545 PM                              TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   ROBERTSON                      S/O RPTD FM RD 1640
                                          BETWEEN CALVERT & FRANKLIN
                                          FLOODED

0555 PM    COOPER                    TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   DELTA                          S/O RPTD WATER COVERING
                                          ROADS IN COOPER

1050 PM                              TX   FLOODING
10/17/98   LIMESTONE                      S/O RPTD FLOODING OF LOW
                                          AREAS ALG ST HWYS 14 & 164

1200 AM                              TX   FLOODING
10/18/98   FREESTONE                      S/O RPTD ROAD FLOODED AT
                                          MILE MARKER 193 ON I45.

0150 AM                              TX   FLOODING
10/18/98   ANDERSON                       S/O RPTD INTER OF HWYS 287
                                          & 294 ARE FLOODED BUT
                                          PASSABLE

0329 AM    CORSICANA                 TX   FLOODING
10/18/98   NAVARRO                        S/O REPORTED COUNTY ROADS
                                          5 MI S OF CORSICANA
                                          FLOODED

0336 AM    FLATS                     TX   FLOODING
10/18/98   RAINS                          NWS CO-OP OBSVR RPTD
                                          FLOODING OF CNTY ROADS
                                          NEAR LAKE TAWAKONI AND 4
                                          1/2 INCHES OF RAINFALL

0400 AM                              TX   FLOODING
10/18/98   LIMESTONE                      S/O RPTD ROAD FLOODING ON
                                          FM RDS 937 & 1246, AND
                                          EVACUATION OF ONE FAMILY
                                          DUE TO HIGH WATERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam, Robertson111 min
Oct 17, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan111 min
Oct 17, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, McLennan, Milam3 hr
Oct 17, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone, Robertson3 hr
Oct 17, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone6 hr
Oct 18, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLeon6 hr
Oct 18, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Falls, Milam, Robertson5 hr
Oct 18, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Robertson3 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.