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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

February 3, 1986Camp County, Upshur County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 3, 1986, 3:00 PM CST for Camp County, Upshur County, 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 Camp County, TX, Upshur 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 65 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 032138 COR
FFWFTW
TXC001-063-161-213-379-423-459-467-499-040000-

FLASH FLOOD WARNING -- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
300PM CST MON FEB 3 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ... ANDERSON...CAMP...FREESTONE
HENDERSON...RAINS...SMITH...UPSHUR...VAN ZANDT...AND WOOD.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE PERSISTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND RADAR REPORTS SUGGEST THAT OVER
THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE MID MORNING IN THE WARNED
COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS
LIKELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT ENOUGH RAIN HAS FALLEN TO CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT IS
FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS. SEVERAL COUNTIES...INCLUDING FREESTONE
AND VAN ZANDT...REPORT SOME FLOODED ROADWAYS...WHILE OTHER COUNTIES
ARE MERELY CLOSE TO HAVING PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID
FLOODED AREAS AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS.

MEANWHILE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
AND NORTH CENTRA)L TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE
EXTENDED INTO TONIGHT AS RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

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 WarningFWDHenderson, Rains, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood3 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.