Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 1995, 1:30 AM CST for Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1995, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1995, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 130732 FFWFTW TXC113-139-131030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 130 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DALLAS COUNTY...ELLIS COUNTY AT 130 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR...EXTENDED FROM WACO TO DALLAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT 115 AM...HIGH WATER WAS OBSERVED OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 287 IN WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY NEAR MIDLOTHIAN. 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, Mar 12, 9:38 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ100-115-129-0345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 936 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTLAND...STEPHENS AND YOUNG COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 930 PM CST THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED TO THE EAST OF YOUNG... STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL STILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...BUT TH<ERE SHOULD BE NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WL
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:16 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ091-101-102-116-117-130-141-0530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1116 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MONTAGUE...JACK...WISE...PALO PINTO...PARKER ERATH AND COMANCHE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1110 PM CST THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL STILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS OVER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WL
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:17 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ091-101-102-116-117-130-141-0530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1116 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MONTAGUE...JACK...WISE...PALO PINTO...PARKER ERATH AND COMANCHE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1110 PM CST THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED HEAVIER SHOWERS WjILL STILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS OVER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. WL
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:25 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ092-131-132-143-130730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1225 AM CDT MON MAR 13 1995 CORRECTED CODING ...TORNADO WATCH FOR COOKE...HAMILTON...HOOD...AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1225 AM CST...THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:25 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ092-131-132-143-0730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1225 AM CDS MON MAR 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR COOKE...HAMILTON...HOOD...AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1225 AM CST...THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:34 AM CST, 56 minutes before
TXZ092-131-132-143-130730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1225 AM CDT MON MAR 13 1995 CORRECTED CODING ...TORNADO WATCH FOR COOKE...HAMILTON...HOOD...AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1225 AM CST...THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED TO THE EAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT IN OR NEAR THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 2:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 69 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.