Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 1986, 6:00 AM CST for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1986, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1986, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 031540 COR FFWFTW TXC121-147-031500- FLASH FLOOD WARNING -- EBS ACTIVATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 925 AM CST MON FEB 3 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RE-ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PERSONS LIVING IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ... DENTON NORTHEAST TEXAS ... FANNIN AT 920 AM CST..THE DENTON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR INDICATED THAT COUNTY ROAD 114 AND STATE HIGHWAY 428 REMAIN IN FLOOD AND WAS STILL BARRICADED. MOTORISTS ARE STILL BEING URGED TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS THIS MORNING. IN FANNIN COUNTY..BOIS D' ARK CREEK CONTINUES TO RISE OVER IT'S BANKS AND REMAINS A THREAT TO RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE CREEK. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT BONHAM REPORTS THAT A LITTLE OVER 1 INCH OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 82 EAST AND STATE PARK ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE BONHAM AREA HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OVER NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED OVER THE WARNING AREA THE PAST FEW HOURS..A GREAT AMOUNT OF RUNOFF IS STILL OCCURRING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED WATERS SINCE MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE AUTOMOBILE RELATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO2..AND TV FOR LATER UPDATES AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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, Feb 3, 12:37 AM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1235 AM CST MON FEB 3 1986 943 PM CST...PARKER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...ONE DESTROYED...ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 NEAR BROCK IN SOUTHWEST PARKER COUNTY. ONE INJURY DESCRIBED AS NON-SERIOUS. ALSO DESTROYED WAS A BOAT...A BOAT HOUSE...AND A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 940 PM. 945 PM CST...WSMO REPORTS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE IN STEPHENVILLE /ERATH COUNTY/. POWER OUTAGE APPARENTLY DUE TO LIGHTNING. NO WIND DAMAGE REPORTED SO FAR. 950 PM CST...HOOD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN GRANBURY REPORTS STRONG WINDS IN GRANBURY AT THAT TIME BUT FOLLOW UP REPORT FA1ILS TO TURN UP ANY DAMAGE SO FAR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:04 AM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 100 AM CST MON FEB 3 1986 HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MONDAY MORNING. AT 100 AM CST..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PARIS..TO GREENVILLE..TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX..TO JUST WEST OF MINERAL WELLS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN PARIS AND GREENVILLE. AN ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO DETECTED NEAR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT OVER THE NORTHERN BORDER OF DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 1 AM WERE NEAR ONE AND ONE HALF INCH AT WEATHERFORD /1.50/..AND BOONEVILLE /1.55/..NEAR 2 INCHES AT SHERMAN /2.05/..AND AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF UP TO 3 INCHES AT PILOT POINT. < SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HOWEVER..NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ON THE ALERT IN THEE EVENT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPERIENCED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:41 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 240 AM CST MON FEB 3 1986 ...RAIN AND SHOWERS MOVING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 230 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM DALLAS TO MERIDIAN AND SOUTHWEST INTO THE HILL COUNTRY. A FEW SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN CORYELL COUNTY NORTH OF GATESVILLE AND IN CENTRAL BOSQUE COUNTY EAST AND SOUTH OF MERIDIAN. THE AREA IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. EVEN THOUGH GROUNDS ARE DRY..HEAVY..CONTINUOUS RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLASH FLOODING IN SOME COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS THAT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:04 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 400 AM CST MON FEB 3 1986 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE IN CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 350 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. HEAVY THUNDESTORMS WERE NOTED IN WESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY 8 MILES WESTSOUTHWEST OF WACO AND IN EASTERN CORYELL COUTNY 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINS AND VIVID LIGHTNING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 35 min |
| Feb 2, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 2:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Fannin | 95 min |
| Feb 3, 10:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Upshur, Wood | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Rains, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Upshur | 3 hr |
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.