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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 21, 1993Madison County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1993, 8:24 PM CDT for Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1993, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1993, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1993-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1504 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 1993-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KACT 220124
FFWACT
TXC313-220630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
824 PM CDT MON JUN 21 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO TX  HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  1230 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM CDT THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS COUNTY
AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS STILL UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY
IN LOW LYING AREAS.
 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
 
 
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 H^IGHER 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.
 
 
 
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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.