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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 8, 1992Wichita County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1992, 7:27 AM CDT for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1992, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1992, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wichita County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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 KSPS 081228
FFWSPS
TXC485-081530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
727 AM CDT MON JUN 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WICHITA COUNTY
 
AT 725 AM DPS OF WICHITA FALLS REPORTS THE CLOSING OF 1206 AND 258...
1206 AND 258 NEARLY UNPASSABLE AND NEAR KADANE CORNER IN THE
INTERSECTION OF 25 AND 2226 AND 1180 AND 258. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN FALLING OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS OVER THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF WICHITA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY
DRIFTING EAST.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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, Jun 8, 6:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ019>033-081800-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 AM CDT MON JUN 8 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR THAT PART
OR NORTH TEXAS WEST OF A WICHITA FALLS...ABILENE LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE RISK AREA TODAY...WITH ONLY A SLIM CHANCE OF A TORNADO.

A MAJOR UPPER AIR IMPULSE WAS LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING AND
WILL MOVE ACROSS A BROAD AREA OF MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR TODAY.  THE
ATMOSPHERE WAS MODERATELY UNSTABLE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS MORNING.  A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR NACOGDOCHES WEST
TO NEAR LUBBOCK...AND CONVECTION SHOULD PERSIST ALONG AND JUST NORTH
OF THIS FRONT TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES EAST.

THE VERTICLE WINDS SHEAR PROFILE IS RATHER WEAK...AND WOULD SUPPORT
ONLY ISOLATED WEAK AND SHORT LIVED TORNADOES.

SPOTTER NETWORKS IN THE RISK AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay55 min
Jun 7, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung55 min
Jun 7, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay3 hr
Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay4 hr
Jun 7, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton59 min
Jun 7, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens69 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague59 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung51 min
Jun 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford56 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford36 min
Jun 8, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta2 hr
Jun 8, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt3 hr
Jun 8, 6:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWilbarger3 hr
Jun 8, 8:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay3 hr
Jun 8, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin55 min
Jun 8, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath65 min
Jun 8, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman68 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant43 min
Jun 8, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche39 min
Jun 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland60 min
Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker46 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.