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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 1986Comanche County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT for Comanche County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Comanche County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, Jun 3, 1:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
140 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 1986

         ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE METROPLEX...

AT 1:35 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN
FORT WORTH AND IN THE DALLAS VICINITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS.

AS A REMINDER..DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS..GROUNDS
ARE ALMOST TOTALLY SATURATED AND RUNOFF WILL BE EXTREMELY RAPID. LOW
LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES MAY QUICKLY FILL WITH WATER AND RESIDENTS
AND MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE EVEENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
344 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 1986

      ...FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED JUST SOUTH OF THE METROPLEX...

AT 3:3O PM FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED JUST SOUTH OF ALVARADO..IN
EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY..AND NEAR MAYPEARL..IN WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OF MODERATE INTENSITY
IN THOSE AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE FUNNEL CLOUDS
TO REACH THE GROUND..HOWEVER STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHING
THE SITUATION..AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED SHOULD CONDITIONS WORSEN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
DEVELOPMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
 605 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
GAINESVILLE TO ABILENE..AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO
SHREVEPORT...INCLUDING MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN BELL COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.
THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MCLENNAN
COUNTY NEAR MOODY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

ALL MOTORIST ARE URGED TO AVOID ANY FLOODED ROADWAY AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOPDING IS OBSERVED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATEST WEATHER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland5 hr
Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland6 hr
Jun 3, 5:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise4 hr
Jun 3, 5:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin4 hr
Jun 3, 7:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains, Wood4 hr
Jun 3, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall57 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.