Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 1994, 2:32 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1994, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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
Local storm report, May 10, 9:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
945 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994
...PRELIMINARY NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 10 1994 DUE TO FLOODING...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
(CDT)
6:29 PM COMANCHE FM 587 CLOSED BTN DOSTER AND CARBON
FM 1477 CLOSED BTN HWY 36 AND SIPE
SPRINGS; FM 588 UNDERWATER FOR OVER 1/4
MILE NEAR BEATTIE
6:55 PM COMANCHE 3 FT OF WATER ON HWY 36 AT DELEON; HWY
587 AT COMANCHE CLOSED
7:00 PM COMANCHE MAJOR FLOODING OF RESIDENCES IN DELEON
7:25 PM HOOD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 377 IN
DOWNTOWN GRANBURY AND HWY 144 SOUTH OF
GRANBURY
7:55 PM ERATH WATER OVER HWY 377 BTWN DUBLIN AND SEP
8:00 PM EASTLAND WATER OVER HWY 6 BTWN GORMAN AND DELEON
AND HWY 36 CLOSED BTWN RISING STAR AND
COMANCHE
8:25 PM HAMILTON FLOODING OF SIDE STREETS IN HICO
8:26 PM ERATH 8 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADS IN SEP
8:26 PM HAMILTON 4 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 6 IN HICO
8:40 PM SOMERVELL 2 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 67 IN GLEN ROSE
8:45 PM SOMERVELL FLOODING ON HWY 67 WEST OF \CHALK MTN,
FM 202 AND FM 205Local storm report, May 10, 9:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
945 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994
...PRELIMINARY NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR MAY 10 1994 DUE TO FLOODING...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
(CDT)
6:29 PM COMANCHE FM 587 CLOSED BTN DOSTER AND CARBON
FM 1477 CLOSED BTN HWY 36 AND SIPE
SPRINGS; FM 588 UNDERWATER FOR OVER 1/4
MILE NEAR BEATTIE
6:55 PM COMANCHE 3 FT OF WATER ON HWY 36 AT DELEON; HWY
587 AT COMANCHE CLOSED
7:00 PM COMANCHE MAJOR FLOODING OF RESIDENCES IN DELEON
7:25 PM HOOD 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 377 IN
DOWNTOWN GRANBURY AND HWY 144 SOUTH OF
GRANBURY
7:55 PM ERATH WATER OVER HWY 377 BTWN DUBLIN AND SEP
8:00 PM EASTLAND WATER OVER HWY 6 BTWN GORMAN AND DELEON
AND HWY 36 CLOSED BTWN RISING STAR AND
COMANCHE
8:25 PM HAMILTON FLOODING OF SIDE STREETS IN HICO
8:26 PM ERATH 8 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADS IN SEP
8:26 PM HAMILTON 4 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 6 IN HICO
8:40 PM SOMERVELL 2 INCHES OF WATER ON HWY 67 IN GLEN ROSE
8:45 PM SOMERVELL FLOODING ON HWY 67 WEST OF CHALK MTN,
FM 202 AND FM 205Local storm report, May 11, 1:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
122 AM CDT WED MAY 11 1994
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF TUESDAY
MAY 10 1994...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
635 PM CDT MCLENNAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER.
635 PM CDT MCLENNAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY DPS
642 PM CDT MCLENNAN DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN HEWITT..
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
646 PM CDT MCLENNAN DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WEST WACO..
REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
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740-742 PM CDT FALLS TREE DAMAGE IN MARLIN. DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MARLIN. REPORTS
BY MARLIN P. D.
810 PM CDT LIMESTONE DIME SIZE HAIL IN KOSSE. REPORTED BY
LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
840-845 PM CDT BOSQUE QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MORGAN. REPORTED BY
MORGAN FIRE DEPT. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN MERIDIAN. REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER.
858 PM CDT ROBERTSON WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH AND GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL 9 MILES EAST OF BREMOND. REPORTED
BY ROBERTSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
959 PM CDT HILL DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
WHITNEY. REPORTED BY HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.Local storm report, May 11, 1:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
122 AM CDT WED MAY 11 1994
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FROM THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF TUESDAY
MAY 10 1994...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
635 PM CDT MCLENNAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER.
635 PM CDT MCLENNAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT LORENA..REPORTED BY DPS
642 PM CDT MCLENNAN DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN HEWITT..
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
646 PM CDT MCLENNAN DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WEST WACO..
REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
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740-742 PM CDT FALLS TREE DAMAGE IN MARLIN. DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF MARLIN. REPORTS
BY MARLIN P. D.
810 PM CDT LIMESTONE DIME SIZE HAIL IN KOSSE. REPORTED BY
LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
840-845 PM CDT BOSQUE QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MORGAN. REPORTED BY
MORGAN FIRE DEPT. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN MERIDIAN. REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER.
858 PM CDT ROBERTSON WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH AND GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL 9 MILES EAST OF BREMOND. REPORTED
BY ROBERTSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
959 PM CDT HILL DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST OF
WHITNEY. REPORTED BY HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 64 min |
| May 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 10, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 68 min |
| May 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 57 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 59 min |
| May 10, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 63 min |
| May 11, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| May 11, 1:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 4 hr |
| May 11, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 118 min |
| May 11, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Nolan | 2 hr |
| May 11, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 66 min |
| May 11, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 61 min |
| May 11, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 66 min |
| May 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 65 min |
| May 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 55 min |
| May 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 59 min |
| May 11, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell, Stonewall | 19 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 67 min |
| May 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 60 min |
| May 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 53 min |
| May 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 56 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.