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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 5, 1986Jones County, Taylor County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1986, 12:54 AM CDT for Jones County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1986, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1986, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jones County, TX, Taylor 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1327 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 4, 7:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
735 PM CDT  WED JUN 4 1986

AT 730 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS..SOME HEAVY..ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY
NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
BETWEEN VALLEY VIEW AND TIOGA IN COOKE COUNTY..IN NORTHEAST PARKER
COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY..IN CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTY..AND IN
NORTH HAMILTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE SHOWING A TENDENCY TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES..
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH
METROPLEX AROUND 8 TO 10 PM TONIGHT.

AT 715 PM..A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
USING AN ANEMOMETER AT VALLEY VIEW.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS..AND IF NEEDED..WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
830 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE WACO AREA...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS EXIST FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY
RAINS IN THE WATCH AREA. ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

AT 825 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AND
AROUND THE BRYAN COLLEGE STATION AREA MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MOST ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH.
NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN OR NEAR THE WACO AREA.

S0TAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1040 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE WACO AREA...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS EXIST FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY
RAINS IN THE WATCH AREA. ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

AT 1035 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNDRSTORMS ALONG A LINE
FROM FORT WORTH SOUTHWEST TO STEPHENVILLE AND INTO NORTHERN COMANCHE
COUNTY NEAR RISING STAR MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AND PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL.
NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN OR NEAR THE WACO AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin33 min
Jun 4, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall58 min
Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant91 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland109 min
Jun 5, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath3 hr
Jun 5, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung4 hr
Jun 5, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill4 hr
Jun 5, 5:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland4 hr
Jun 5, 8:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque4 hr
Jun 5, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson4 hr
Jun 5, 9:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche4 hr
Jun 5, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown4 hr
Jun 5, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor4 hr
Jun 5, 10:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
Jun 5, 12:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Johnson114 min
Jun 5, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

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.