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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 4, 1992Falls County, Limestone County, Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 1992, 7:48 AM CST for Falls County, Limestone County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 1992, 7:48 AM CST (13:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 1992, 10:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Falls County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Robertson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Mar 4, 1:50 AM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-040845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
143 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...
...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR BRAZOS...
LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST
TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...
...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT...

AT 135 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO
NORTH OF KILLEEN TO EAST OF EVANT.  NO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN
CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
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EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THE REST OF TONIGHT.  THIS
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS AND
STREAMS.  PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON RAIN SLICK
ROADS.  AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR OTHER AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO
MOVE TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS.  THESE SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE WITH A MOISTURE
RICH AIRMASS TO PRODUCE A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THE REST OF TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 2:43 AM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-040945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
240 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR BRAZOS...LEON...
MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...
...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
TONIGHT...

AT 235 AM CST AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO DALLAS TO BONHAM.
MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER BELL COUNTY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NORTH
OF KILLEEN TO NORTH OF TEMPLE AND OVER LIMESTONE AND LEON COUNTIES
EAST OF A LINE FROM EAST OF GROESBECK TO SOUTH OF MARQUEZ.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY.  WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND
SURFACE COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF TEXAS...THE POTENTIAL
STILL EXISTS FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD
BECOME SEVERE.

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND FLASH
FLOODING REMAINS A STRONG POSSIBLITY ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW
LYING AREAS.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.  MOTORISTS IN
THE AREA SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

ST\AY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 4:11 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-041100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
405 AM CST WED MAR  4 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST
TEXAS...
...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 400 AM CST AND AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL
...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO
NORTHWEST OF GROESBECK TO EAST OF ATHENS.  MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING
OVER MOST OF LEON COUNTY EAST OF A LINE FROM NORMANGEE TO NORTHWEST OF
JEWETT.  MODERATE RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING OVER LAMPASAS AND HAMILTON
COUNTIES AND WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY.  ANOTHER IN A SEQUENCE OF UPPER
AIR DISTURBANCES IS SUPPOSED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY.
THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED AND THE
LAKES AND RIVERS SWOLLEN...THERE WILL BE A GOOD POSSIBLITY OF
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD AREAS
SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  MOTORISTS SHOULE BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 6:16 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:11 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDColeman64 min
Mar 3, 6:49 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDBrown, Callahan56 min
Mar 3, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEastland60 min
Mar 3, 7:17 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDColeman58 min
Mar 3, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Callahan38 min
Mar 3, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche61 min
Mar 3, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland64 min
Mar 3, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath66 min
Mar 3, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant63 min
Mar 3, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Wise65 min
Mar 3, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan69 min
Mar 3, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis65 min
Mar 4, 4:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell4 hr
Mar 4, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Mar 4, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Somervell45 min
Mar 4, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque55 min
Mar 4, 4:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood54 min
Mar 4, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant66 min
Mar 4, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque26 min
Mar 4, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill67 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.