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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 11, 1992Fannin County, Hunt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 1992, 8:31 PM CDT for Fannin County, Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1992, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1992, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fannin County, TX, Hunt County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1833 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.5

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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, May 11, 2:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ019>033-120200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
235 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THAT PART OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO HILLSBORO TO
COLEMAN TO HENRIETTA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE SHERMAN...
DECATUR...WEATHERFORD... MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...CLEBURNE...
WAXAHACHIE...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRYAN...CARTER...CHOCTAW...
JOHNSTON....LOVE...AND MARSHALL.

THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE RED RIVER EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
IN CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN
EFFECT FOR THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY AT
216 PM IN MURRAY COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA JUST EAST OF SULPHUR. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR LOVE COUNTY AND
UNTIL 345 PM FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.  A
THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ON THE RED RIVER
IN THE VICINITY OF MARIETTA OKLAHOMA AND THE TISHOMINGO AREA WITH
MOVEMENT TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A LINE
FROM BRIDGEPORT TO MINERAL WELLS WITH THESE TRACKING EASTWARD. IN THE
EVENING HOURS...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE METROPLEX
AREA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITION ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVER THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LICSTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON
THIS STATION AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ019>033-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
340 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 330 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE ACTIVITY
WAS ALONG A LINE FROM THE RED RIVER NEAR SHERMAN SOUTHWEST TO
DECATUR...STEPHENVILLE...AND GOLDTHWAITE.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NORTH OF THE RED RIVER IN LOVE AND MARSHALL
COUNTIES.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOVE AND
MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM.  UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL... HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WIND...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM IS THREATENING THE NORTHWEST PART OF LAKE TEXOMA.  BOATERS
SHOULD LEAVE THE WATER IMMEDIATELY.

MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST-NORTHEAST  AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THAT PART OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM PARIS TO HILLSBORO TO
COLEMAN TO HENRIETTA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE SHERMAN...
DECATUR...WEATHERFORD... MINERAL WELLS...STEPHENVILLE...CLEBURNE...
WAXAHACHIE...AND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 800 PM.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE OKLAHOMA COUNTIES OF BRYAN...CARTER...CHOCTAW...
JOHNSON...LOVE...AND MARSHALL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ031-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
343 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR HILL AND BOSQUE
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 338 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN HILL OR BOSQUE COUNTY.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAD FORMED OVER MILLS AND
SAN SABA COUNTIES FROM RICHLAND SPRINGS TO GOLDTHWAITE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.  AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER
OKLAHOMA AND SURFACE TROUGHS OVER WEST TEXAS AND EXTYREME NORTH
TEXAS SHOULD COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT SURFACE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME
HEATING TO PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ031-112245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
442 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 426 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO
EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
10 MILES EAST OF EVANT TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE CORYELL COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANT.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST
WISE COUNTY NEAR DECATUR.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIESHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ031-112245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
442 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 426 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO
EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
10 MILES EAST OF EVANT TO EAST OF GOLDTHWAITE.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE CORYELL COUNTY LINE NEAR EVANT.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST
WISE COUNTY NEAR DECATUR.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-120035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
635 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
BRAZOS...FALLS...CORYELL...HILL...LEON...LIMESTONE...MADISON...
MCLENNAN...AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 628 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
CORYELL COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATESVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CORYELL COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RQAIN
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.  PERSONS IN
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRockwall40 min
May 11, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar61 min
May 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin60 min
May 11, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell67 min
May 11, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt, Red River63 min
May 11, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall63 min
May 11, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin68 min
May 11, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt, Wood68 min
May 11, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus68 min
May 11, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Coryell63 min
May 11, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Fannin, Hunt61 min
May 11, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins61 min
May 11, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRains25 min
May 11, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRains, Wood63 min
May 11, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall58 min
May 11, 9:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins4 hr
May 11, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Hopkins64 min
May 11, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur64 min
May 11, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith, Wood56 min
May 11, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman, Rockwall61 min
May 11, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains61 min
May 11, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin61 min
May 11, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin3 hr
May 11, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMorris3 hr
May 11, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith61 min
May 11, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Kaufman48 min
May 11, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt, Wood63 min
May 12, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Wood40 min
May 12, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith53 min
May 12, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton41 min
May 12, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell56 min
May 12, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill56 min
May 12, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker29 min
May 12, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson64 min
May 12, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell62 min
May 12, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill59 min
May 12, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis63 min
May 12, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan59 min

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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.