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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1999, 10:09 AM CST for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Mar 8, 1999, 10:09 AM CST (16:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1999, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 627 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 864 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Mar 8, 6:25 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 625 AM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO KAUFMAN TO FAIRFIELD LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN ADVANCING DRY LINE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING BURSTS OF WIND. AT SUNRISE...THE DRY LINE WHICH SEPARATED WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE GULF AIR FROM AN INTRUSION OF DRY AIR TO ITS WEST WAS LOCATED ALONG A CHILDRESS TO BIG BEND LINE. THIS DRY LINE WILL REACH A SHERMAN TO DALLAS FORT WORTH TO WACO LINE AROUND MIDDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL ALSO INTERSECT WITH AN ADVANCING WARM FRONT BETWEEN PARIS AND CANTON DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND SPAWN ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA LINE. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED WEST OF A GAINESVILLE FORT WORTH TO KILLEEN LINE THIS MORNING AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EITHER LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:25 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-081800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 625 AM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO KAUFMAN TO FAIRFIELD LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN ADVANCING DRY LINE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING BURSTS OF WIND. AT SUNRISE...THE DRY LINE WHICH SEPARATED WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE GULF AIR FROM AN INTRUSION OF DRY AIR TO ITS WEST WAS LOCATED ALONG A CHILDRESS TO BIG BEND LINE. THIS DRY LINE WILL REACH A SHERMAN TO DALLAS FORT WORTH TO WACO LINE AROUND MIDDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL ALSO INTERSECT WITH AN ADVANCING WARM FRONT BETWEEN PARIS AND CANTON DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND SPAWN ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY EAST OF A BONHAM TO CORSICANA LINE. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE REQUIRED WEST OF A GAINESVILLE FORT WORTH TO KILLEEN LINE THIS MORNING AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EITHER LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 9:41 AM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ091-092-101-102-116-117-129>132-141>143-156-093>095-103>107- 118>123-133>135-144>148-157>161-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 941 AM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 75. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: MONTAGUE...COOKE...JACK...WISE...PALO PINTO...PARKER...EASTLAND... ERATH...HOOD...SOMERVELL...COMANCHE...MILLS...HAMILTON...LAMPASAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...COMANCHE...DECATUR... EASTLAND...GAINESVILLE...GLEN ROSE...GOLDTHWAITE...GRANBURY... HAMILTON...JACKSBORO...LAMPASAS...MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE... WEATHERFORD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 75 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1200 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: GRAYSON...FANNIN...DENTON...COLLIN...HUNT...TARRANT...DALLAS... ROCKWALL...KAUFMAN...JOHNSON...ELLIS...BOSQUE...HILL...NAVARRO... FREESTONE...CORYELL...BELL...MCLENNAN...FALLS...LIMESTONE... IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS: LAMAR...DELTA...HOPKINS...VAN ZANDT...RAINS...HENDERSON...ANDERSON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...BONHAM...BONHAM...CANTON... CLEBURNE...COOPER...CORSICANA...DALLAS...DENTON...EMORY... FAIRFIELD...FT WORTH...GATESVILLE...GREENVILLE...GROESBECK... HILLSBORO...MARLIN...MCKINNEY...MERIDIAN...PALESTINE...PARIS... ROCKWALL...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TEMPLE...TERRELL...WACO...WAXAHACHIE
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 9:41 AM CST, 28 minutes before
TXZ091-092-101-102-116-117-129>132-141>143-156-093>095-103>107- 118>123-133>135-144>148-157>161-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 941 AM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 75. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: MONTAGUE...COOKE...JACK...WISE...PALO PINTO...PARKER...EASTLAND... ERATH...HOOD...SOMERVELL...COMANCHE...MILLS...HAMILTON...LAMPASAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BOWIE...COMANCHE...DECATUR... EASTLAND...GAINESVILLE...GLEN ROSE...GOLDTHWAITE...GRANBURY... HAMILTON...JACKSBORO...LAMPASAS...MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE... WEATHERFORD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 75 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1200 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: GRAYSON...FANNIN...DENTON...COLLIN...HUNT...TARRANT...DALLAS... ROCKWALL...KAUFMAN...JOHNSON...ELLIS...BOSQUE...HILL...NAVARRO... FREESTONE...CORYELL...BELL...MCLENNAN...FALLS...LIMESTONE... IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS: LAMAR...DELTA...HOPKINS...VAN ZANDT...RAINS...HENDERSON...ANDERSON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...BONHAM...BONHAM...CANTON... CLEBURNE...COOPER...CORSICANA...DALLAS...DENTON...EMORY... FAIRFIELD...FT WORTH...GATESVILLE...GREENVILLE...GROESBECK... HILLSBORO...MARLIN...MCKINNEY...MERIDIAN...PALESTINE...PARIS... ROCKWALL...SULPHUR SPRINGS...TEMPLE...TERRELL...WACO...WAXAHACHIE
Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:00 AM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CST MON MAR 08 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 AM STRAWN TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/08/99 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL REPORTED BY NWS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0802 AM SPRINGTOWN TX .88 INCH HAIL
03/08/99 PARKER HAM RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED NICKEL HAIL.
0904 AM 10 S FORT WORTH TX WIND DAMAGE
03/08/99 TARRANT HAM REPORTED 2 INCH TREE
LIMBS DOWN NEAR ALTA MESA
0936 AM ALVARADO TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/08/99 JOHNSON DIME HAIL REPORTED BY POST
OFFICE.
0937 AM 3 SE MERIDIAN TX TORNADO
03/08/99 BOSQUE POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY HIGHWAY DEPT EMPLOYEE.
0940 AM DALLAS TX FLOODING
03/08/99 DALLAS MAJOR STREET FLOODING
REPORTED ON EAST SIDE OF
CITY.Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:00 AM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CST MON MAR 08 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 AM STRAWN TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/08/99 PALO PINTO DIME HAIL REPORTED BY NWS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0802 AM SPRINGTOWN TX .88 INCH HAIL
03/08/99 PARKER HAM RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED NICKEL HAIL.
0904 AM 10 S FORT WORTH TX WIND DAMAGE
03/08/99 TARRANT HAM REPORTED 2 INCH TREE
LIMBS DOWN NEAR ALTA MESA
0936 AM ALVARADO TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/08/99 JOHNSON DIME HAIL REPORTED BY POST
OFFICE.
0937 AM 3 SE MERIDIAN TX TORNADO
03/08/99 BOSQUE POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY HIGHWAY DEPT EMPLOYEE.
0940 AM DALLAS TX FLOODING
03/08/99 DALLAS MAJOR STREET FLOODING
REPORTED ON EAST SIDE OF
CITY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 6:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 6:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 7:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 8:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 9:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 9:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 119 min |
| Mar 8, 9:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 119 min |
| Mar 8, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 10:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 11:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 40 min |
| Mar 8, 12:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 41 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.