Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 1, 1999, 6:03 PM CST for 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 1999, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 1999, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Falls County, TX, Milam County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 12:44 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1244 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...CORRECTED FOR TYPO IN HEADER AND LAST LINE ELIMINATED... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS IT MOVES INTO TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS NEAR LUBBOCK AT NOON...WITH A PACIFIC COOL FRONT EXTENDING NORTH AND SOUTH FROM THE LOW. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOW NEAR AN EASTLAND-TEMPLE-LUFKIN LINE. THE LOW CENTER WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ...TO NEAR THE WACO AREA BY EARLY EVENING. THE WARM FRONT WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY NORTH AS THE LOW DRIFTS SOUTHEAST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS NEAR THE WARM FRONT AT NOON... EAST OF WACO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM NEAR THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO OR TWO COULD OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...MOST LIKELY IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER 3PM. OTHER STORMS WILL FORM NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AS THE PACIFIC FRONT SURGES EAST. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND SOME DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING . MOST OF THE TORNADO ACTIVITY...IF ANY...LIKELY WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT AND SURFACE LOW. SPOTTER GROUPS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE ACTIVATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AFTER MID-AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD END BY LATE EVENING AS THE PACIFIC AIR AND COLDER ARCTIC AIR SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 1:02 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 102 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY EAST OF A KILLEEN-MERIDIAN-MINERAL WELLS-BOWIE LINE AND WEST OF A CENTERVILLE-KAUFMAN-BONHAM LINE HAS EXPIRED AT 1 PM. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEGUN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER PATCHY AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL REMAIN FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX NORTH TO THE RED RIVER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 5:36 PM CST, 27 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 536 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FALLS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO ROCKWALL TO COLLEGE STATION UNTIL 1000 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CENTERVILLE TO ATHENS TO CANTON TO MT. VERNON TO TEXARKANA. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 5:36 PM CST, 27 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 536 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FALLS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO ROCKWALL TO COLLEGE STATION UNTIL 1000 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CENTERVILLE TO ATHENS TO CANTON TO MT. VERNON TO TEXARKANA. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 5:36 PM CST, 27 minutes before
TXZ091>094-101>105-116>121-130>134-144>147-158>162-174-175-012111- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 536 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FALLS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM. .TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1 IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO ROCKWALL TO COLLEGE STATION UNTIL 1000 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CENTERVILLE TO ATHENS TO CANTON TO MT. VERNON TO TEXARKANA. 78
Local storm report, Jan 1, 5:44 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
544 PM CST FRI JAN 01 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM ROGERS TX .75 INCH HAIL
01/01/99 BELL DIME SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH
WINDS REPORTED BY S.0.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, Robertson | 47 min |
| Jan 1, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 50 min |
| Jan 1, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 51 min |
| Jan 1, 7:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 41 min |
| Jan 1, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 58 min |
| Jan 1, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Wise | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999
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.