Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 1992, 12:22 PM CST for Camp County, Franklin County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1992, 12:22 PM CST (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camp County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Titus County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 091825 FFWFTW TXC063-159-343-449-459-092330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1222 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...CAMP COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...MORRIS COUNTY...TITUS COUNTY ...UPSHUR COUNTY AT 1220 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM TEXARKANA TO LONGVIEW...TO PALESTINE TO COLLEGE STATION. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERST0RMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE MT PLESANT...GILMER...MT VERNON AREA. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERMOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH..WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL REPORT SOME 24 ROADS FLOODED IN TITUS COUNTY AND AT LEAST SIX ROADS IN CAMP COUNTY. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOTD ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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, 8:19 AM CST, 4 hours 3 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:02 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 901 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... FALLS...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY... AT 853 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FROM CANTON...TO JUST WEST OF MEXIA...TO MARLIN... SOUTH TO NEAR AUSTIN. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN BELL COUNTY NEAR ROGERS...AND IN FALLS COUNTY NEAR LOTT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOT INDICATED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WIWNDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC< CONDITIONS. DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION...YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. BB
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:12 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-091715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1010 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... FALLS...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY... AT 1005 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATHENS TO NEAR GROESBECK TO JUST NORTH OF CAMERON. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS BETWEEN MEXIA AND PRAIRIE HILL AND JUST NORTH OF BREMOND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TIME. THUNDERSTORMS CAN < CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING uAND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:27 AM CST, 55 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-091830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1126 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CST FOR BELL...BRAZOS... FALLS...LEON...LIMESTONE...MADISON... AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY... AT 1122 AM CST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS TO NEAR MEXIA TO MARQUEZ...AND NEAR MARLIN. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS NEAR MEXIA AND JUST SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TIME FOR THE INDICATED AREA.< THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMrALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:58 AM CST, 24 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-091930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1200 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR BRAZOS...LEON... LIMESTONE...MADISON...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR BRAZOS...LEON...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES... AT 1155 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...FROM NEAR TYLER...TO NEAR CENTERVILLE...TO BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN LIMESTONE COUNTY 1 MILE NORTH OF GROESBECK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOT INDICATED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DUE TO FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS...TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE. < DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS...HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYINGL AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION...YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. BB
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:15 PM CST, 7 minutes before
TXZ021>023-026>028-031>033-100000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 1200 PM CST MON MAR 09 1992 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A TEXARKANA TO TYLER TO BRYAN LINE. INCLUDED IN THIS AREA ARE THE CITIES OF TYLER...LONGVIEW AND LUFKIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY EAST OF A PARIS TO CANTON TO BRYAN LINE. INCLUDED IN THIS AREA ARE THE CITIES OF PARIS...SULPHUR SPRINGS AND PALESTINE. FLASH FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINS...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR...MAINLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. A VERY STRONG UPPER AIR STORM CENTER IS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL SWEEP NORTHEAST THROUGH EAST TEXAS BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT LOWER LEVELS...A DRY LINE HAS BECOME ALMOST STATIONARY NEAR A SHERMAN...DALLAS-FT WORTH...WACO LINE. EAST OF THIS DRY LINE...THE AIR MASS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITH A LOW LEVEL JET FEEDING ADDITIONAL WARM MOIST AIR INTO EAST TEXAS. WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...THE LIFTED INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MINUS SIX OR BETTER RANGE IN THE RISK AREA. ALOFT WINDS SHIFT MORE TO THE WEST AND INCREASE IN SPEED WITH HEIGHT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A VERY FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...HENCE THE MODERATE RISK ZONE OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. THE DRY LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MERGES WITH IT. THESE COMBINED SYSTEMS AT THE SURFACE...PLUS THE STRONG UPPER AIR STORM CENTER WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST TEXAS TONIGHT. COLD AIR ADVECTION AT LOWER LEVELS AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL STABILIZE THE AIR MASS ENOUGH TO END THE THREAT TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE TONIGHT. EMERG7ENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ON IMMEDIATE READINESS FOR ACTIVATION THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Taylor | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 68 min |
| Mar 8, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 6:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 6:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 60 min |
| Mar 9, 12:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Morris, Upshur | 5 hr |
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.