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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 2, 1987Brazos County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1987, 11:43 PM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1987, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1987, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
4 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 nearest sounding before it

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 720 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Victoria Regiona, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KACT 030443
FFWACT
TXC041-030845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1143 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ...BRAZOS
 
AT 1142 PM CDT A CO-OP RAINFALL OBSERVER REPORTED 2.96 INCHES OF
RAINFALL AT COLLEGE STATION TEXAS DURING THE LAST FOUR HOURS.
 
AT 1115 PM CDT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 6 SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION.
 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH BRAZOS COUNTY
AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTOX AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell4 hr
Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan4 hr
Jun 3, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan57 min
Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls62 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith30 min
Jun 3, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith44 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.