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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1986, 8:55 PM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1986, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazos 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 16, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 350 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LEON..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 345 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..EXTENDED FROM 70 MILES EAST OF DALLAS TO 20 MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO TO 20 MILES EAST OF MINERAL WELLS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE REPORTED IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT LIFEI AND PROPERTY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 410 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 THE SEVERE STORMS CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE DALLAS..FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE TYLER VICINITY. AT 4:05 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD REACHED A CANTON..CORSICANA..GLEN ROSE LINE. PRECIPITATION EXTENDED BACK NORTH BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE METROPLEX AND HUNT AND COLLIN COUNTIES. SMITH..HENDERSON..AND NAVARRO COUNTIES ARE NEXT IN LINE TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHbER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 5 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS..FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE TYLER VICINITY. AT 4:55 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR QUITMAN IN WOOD COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR WACO THEN NORTHWESTWARD TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR TYLER TO NEAR QUITMAN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EXTREME EAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. AS THE THUNDERSTORM LINE MERGES WITH THESE EAST TEXAS THUNDERSTORMS.. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 520 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 6 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LEON..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 515 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TO JUST NORTH OF WACO TO MERIDIAN. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 47 MILES AN HOUR AT THE MADISON COOPER AIRPORT IN WACO DURING THE PAST 10 MINUTES. < PERSONS IN MCLENNAN COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV S/TATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 535 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. THE WATCH AXIS IS ALONG AND 60 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TYLER. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX. NACOGDOCHES COUNTY..IN EAST TEXAS..WHICH WAS EARLIER OMITTED FROM THE WATCH..HAS NOW BEEN ADDED. AT 530 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD REACHED AN COMMANCHE..HAMILTON..WACO..FAIFFIELD.. TYLER LINE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN THE LAKE PALESTINE AREA.. SOUTHWEST OF TYLER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE METROPLEX THEY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 62 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH BRIEF INTENSE RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTENING.. AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP INFORMEDED OF DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIONS BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATH<ER RADIO.. COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR TV.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 2 hr |
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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.