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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 8, 1993Carter County, Johnston County, Marshall County, Oklahoma

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 1993, 9:55 PM CDT for Carter County, Johnston County, Marshall County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1993, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1993, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carter County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Marshall County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1993-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1993-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 8, 4:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZALL-082245-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
448 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM
TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF
ABILENE...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE.

AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE PARKER...WISE COUNTY LINES IN CENTRAL
NORTH TEXAS.  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHWESTERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE WICHITA FALLS VICINITY AND SOUTHWEST OF
THIS COMMUNITY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. ISOLATED 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOU
SARE POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN AND CLOSE
TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA MAY
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS
THAT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN THE WATCH AREA. CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK
ACTION IF THRETENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.0
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
TXZALL-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
526 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN PALO PINTO AND JACK COUNTIES
AT 525 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AND AREAL COVERAGE SINCE 500 PM. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERAL TORNADOES REP
T
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...TO MINERAL
WELLS...TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE.

ADDITIONALLY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN
SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
TXZALL-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
526 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN PALO PINTO AND JACK COUNTIES
AT 525 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AND AREAL COVERAGE SINCE 500 PM. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERAL TORNADOES REP
T
A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH
T|EXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...TO MINERAL
WELLS...TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE.

ADDITIONALLY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN
SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Baylor49 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke41 min
May 8, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague57 min
May 8, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDClay48 min
May 8, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung57 min
May 8, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague30 min
May 8, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay50 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague65 min
May 8, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung60 min
May 8, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay45 min
May 8, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke59 min
May 8, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack59 min
May 8, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung60 min
May 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay3 hr
May 8, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
May 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson55 min
May 8, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack60 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke63 min
May 8, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung47 min
May 8, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague3 hr
May 9, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman48 min
May 9, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger46 min
May 9, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise59 min
May 9, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown63 min
May 9, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche56 min
May 9, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath60 min
May 9, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson5 hr
May 9, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
May 9, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque56 min
May 9, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson55 min
May 9, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell55 min
May 9, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCollin, Dallas43 min
May 9, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall50 min
May 9, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 9, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill56 min
May 9, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan68 min
May 9, 2:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt53 min
May 9, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
May 9, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson62 min
May 9, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell62 min
May 9, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill64 min
May 9, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Navarro63 min
May 9, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson63 min
May 9, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan60 min
May 9, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Hunt58 min
May 9, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall64 min
May 9, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar48 min
May 9, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman68 min
May 9, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin61 min
May 9, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis59 min
May 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt62 min
May 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Red River, Titus62 min
May 9, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone55 min
May 9, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson67 min
May 9, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson69 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood61 min
May 9, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur69 min
May 9, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River69 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee, Henderson, Smith62 min
May 9, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee, Smith48 min
May 9, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Wood46 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur64 min
May 9, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee64 min
May 8, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLove3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.