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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 12, 1992Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 1992, 7:18 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1992, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1992, 8:21 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1420 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1992-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 130020
FFWACT
TXC027-130215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
718 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX  HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY
 
AT 718 PM CDT DPS REPORTS MINOR FLOODING IN BELL COUNTY NEAR SALADO...
WITH SEVERAL ROADS UNDERWATER.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Hill, McLennan69 min
May 12, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell62 min
May 12, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant64 min
May 12, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone56 min
May 12, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos64 min
May 13, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor60 min
May 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens67 min
May 13, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMitchell, Nolan, Scurry29 min
May 13, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher57 min
May 13, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Shackelford66 min
May 13, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell61 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.