Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 1986, 12:21 PM CST for Red River County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1986, 12:21 PM CST (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1986, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
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, Apr 4, 11:40 AM CST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1135 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO DECATUR LINE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. AT 1130 AM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH STRETCHED FROM GAINESVILLE TO STEPHENVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE DETECTED BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. MOVMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE CURRENT TIME..NO THREATENING WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. HOWEVER..WARM..MOIST..AND HIGHLY VOLATILE GULF AIR CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO THE WATCH AREA RESULTING IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS LIVING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN YOUR AREA. REMEMBER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.. SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF RISING WATERS ARE OBSERVED ..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:19 PM CST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1215 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO DECATUR LINE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. AT 1215 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MCKINNEY..TO THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT..TO CLEBURNE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED NEAR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT AND OVER BURLESON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE CURRENT TIME..NO THREATENING WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. HOWEVER..WARM..MOIST..AND HIGHLY VOLATILE GULF AIR CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO THE WATCH AREA RESULTING IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS LIVING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF TODAY. REMEMBER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNI9NG ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.. SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER. MEANWHILE..IF FLOOD WATERS ARE OBSERVED RISING AT YOUR LOCATION..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.. LOCAL RADIO OR TV.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 69 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Red River, Titus | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Red River, Titus | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Red River | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.