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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 26, 1994Taylor County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1994, 1:08 AM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1994, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1994, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1994-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1920 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 25, 10:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 11:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-260530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 3 AM FOR BOSQUE...HILL
   MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1115 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS GENERALLY NORTH OF A HUBBARD TO WACO TO
JONESBORO LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

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Special weather statement, May 25, 11:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157>162-175-260530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 25 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 3 AM FOR BOSQUE...HILL
   MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE...AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1115 PM WACO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS GENERALLY NORTH OF A HUBBARD TO WACO TO
JONESBORO LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS THE
ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 12:35 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-159-161-260630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1235 AM CDT THU MAY 26 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
   BOSQUE...CORYELL...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF
   CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1232 AM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS.  AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAST OF ABILENE TO NEAR DALLAS.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF ABILENE TO WEST OF MINERAL
WELLS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

EVEN THOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...THE
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO
PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 26, 12:35 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
TXZ144-145-157-159-161-260630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1235 AM CDT THU MAY 26 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
   BOSQUE...CORYELL...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF
   CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1232 AM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS.  AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAST OF ABILENE TO NEAR DALLAS.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF ABILENE TO WEST OF MINERAL
WELLS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

EVEN THOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...THE
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO
PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan55 min
May 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan30 min
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan30 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman68 min
May 25, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan30 min
May 25, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland60 min
May 25, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman66 min
May 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown60 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown32 min
May 25, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague64 min
May 25, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown67 min
May 25, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague60 min
May 26, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor67 min
May 26, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker55 min
May 26, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant50 min
May 26, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas30 min
May 26, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman57 min
May 26, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown64 min
May 26, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche60 min
May 26, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath35 min
May 26, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton30 min
May 26, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque62 min
May 26, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill67 min
May 26, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell56 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBell29 min
May 26, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone62 min
May 26, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell57 min
May 26, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown56 min

Nearby

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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.