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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 9, 1992Hopkins County, Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 1992, 8:26 AM CST for Hopkins County, Rains County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 8:26 AM CST (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 12:30 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hopkins County, TX, Rains County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

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 9, 3:17 AM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-091015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
315 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...
HILL...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES OF TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH
MONDAY...

AT 310 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
EXTENDED FROM NEAR MESQUITE TO NEAR HAMILTON TO WEST OF BURNET.  THE
HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH AND SOUTHWEST
OF WALNUT SPRINGS AND IN HILL COUNTY NORTH OF WHITNEY.  THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN HAMILTON...LAMPASAS AND BURNET
COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ESPECIALLY BOSQUE AND
HILL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL.  DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND AND SWOLLEN RIVERS AND
LAKES...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AND AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING
CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTSf.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:51 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-091145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
449 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND
ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS FOR TODAY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL TEXAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

AT 440 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA THAT EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WEST
OF TYLER TO EAST OF KILLEEN.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER
HILL COUNTY SOUTH OF WHITNEY.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE
LOCATED OVER BELL COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF TEMPLE AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN
HILL COUNTY NORTH OF ITASCA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN HILL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  PERSONS IN
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SURFACE COLD
FRONT IS MOVING TOWARD CENTRAL TEXAS AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA UNTIL THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREASf ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
AND EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 6:22 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-091330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
621 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON
COUNTIES OF TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND
ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY...

AT 615 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM EAST OF DALLAS TO NORTHEAST OF MARBLE FALLS.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON THE WILLIAMSON/BURNET COUNTY
LINE NEAR BRIGGS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN
BELL COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR
KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY AND EAST OF HILLSBORO IN HILL COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS CLOSELY.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEME?NTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 6:47 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:19 AM CST, 7 minutes before
TXZ019>033-091500-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
815 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTNEDED FROM TEXARKANA TO WACO.  STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CANTON IN CENTRAL VAN ZANDT COUNTY AND JUST
SOUTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE
THE LINE MOVED SLOWLY EAST.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS ALONG
AND EAST OF A PARIS...ATHENS...FAIRFIELD LINE INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
TYLER...CLARKSVILLE AND LUFKIN.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND A SMALL
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLsUDING THE CITIES OF CORSICANA...
WAXAHACHIE...KAUFMAN...CANTON...TYLER...AND RUSK.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Wichita56 min
Mar 8, 6:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor56 min
Mar 8, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor69 min
Mar 8, 8:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Taylor69 min
Mar 8, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack68 min
Mar 8, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise65 min
Mar 8, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman59 min
Mar 8, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton60 min
Mar 8, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker67 min
Mar 9, 6:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell67 min
Mar 9, 6:43 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDBell, McLennan62 min
Mar 9, 7:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan37 min
Mar 9, 8:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood4 hr
Mar 9, 8:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
Mar 9, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Titus5 hr
Mar 9, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMorris, Upshur5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.