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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 3, 19865 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 1986, 3:00 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 1986, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 1986, 6:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henderson County, TX, Rains County, TX, Smith County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDParker30 min
Feb 2, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant35 min
Feb 2, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood35 min
Feb 3, 2:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin4 hr
Feb 3, 3:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Feb 3, 6:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton3 hr
Feb 3, 6:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
Feb 3, 9:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Fannin95 min
Feb 3, 10:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin2 hr
Feb 3, 12:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Upshur, Wood3 hr
Feb 3, 2:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Limestone4 hr
Feb 3, 3:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone3 hr
Feb 3, 3:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Upshur3 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.