Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jun 5, 1986, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1986, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
223 AM CDT THU JUN 5 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...COMANCHE...EASTLAND AND ERATH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR EASTLAND AND ERATH COUNTIES AND HAVE INCLUDED
COMMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM. HIGH WATER CONTINUES OVER THE
ROADWAY AT FM 2526..FM 3101..HIGHWAY 16..AND HIGHWAY 183 IN
EASTLAND COUNTY. THE STEPHENVILLE CITY PARK IN ERATH COUNTY WAS
REPORTED UNDER WATER AT 200 AM.

AT 225 AM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES OVER ERATH AND COMANCHE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IF YOU
ARE THREATEN BY FLOODING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF
YOU ARE A MOTORIST DO TO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR WADE THROUGH
FLOODED WATERS SINCE MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE AUTOMOBILE
RELATED.

In the hours 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
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.

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

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.