Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 1, 1999, 7:17 PM CST for Freestone County, Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jan 1, 1999, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 1999, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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, 1.3 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
- 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWD 020125
FFWFTW
TXC001-161-293-020515-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
717 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
FREESTONE COUNTY IN TEXAS
SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 1100 PM CST
* AT 711 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. INDIVIDUAL STORMS HAVE BEEN TRACKING
OVER THE SAME AREA SO FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
FORT WORTH.
LAT...LON 3152 9658 3123 9658 3164 9586 3161 9525
3206 9545 3204 9604 3183 9643What 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, 6:30 PM CST, 47 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 630 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 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 MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 6:30 PM CST, 47 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 630 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 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 MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 6:30 PM CST, 47 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 630 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 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 MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 7:00 PM CST, 17 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 700 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 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 MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 7:00 PM CST, 17 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 700 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 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 MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 7:00 PM CST, 17 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 700 PM CST FRI JAN 1 1999 ...THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS... .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON AND FREESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM. .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FALLS AND NORTHWESTERN MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 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 MT. VERNON TO KAUFMAN TO CORSICANA TO MARLIN TO CAMERON. 78
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 6:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Milam | 3 hr |
| 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 | 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.