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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1995, 4:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, Hill County, Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ellis County, TX, Hill County, TX, Kaufman County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 102143 FFWFTW TXC139-217-257-110045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 441 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ELLIS COUNTY...HILL COUNTY...KAUFMAN COUNTY AT 430 PM CDT HILL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 22 FROM THE NAVARRO COUNTY LINE TO FROST WAS CLOSED...WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD IN THREE OTHER SPOTS. ALSO A BRIDGE WAS THOUGHT TO BE OUT ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1242. HIGHWAY 171 HAD WATER OVER THE ROAD IN FOUR PLACES. SPOTTERS IN ELLIS COUNTY REPORTED HIGHWAY 12 AND 1181 WERE FLOODING IN LOW AREAS. THERE WAS ALSO STREET FLODDING IN ENNIS...AND AT PALMER THE ACCESS ROADS TO INTERSTATE 45 WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SPOTTERS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN TERRELL. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THIS THIS AREA BETWEEN 100 PM AND 4 PM. AT 435 PM...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLOODED AREA. 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. &
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, Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARN FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ091>096-100>110-115>125-129>137-141>150-155>163-101815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM NORTH OF A STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STEPHENVILLE TO ATHENS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WISE...COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM... AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM MUENSTER TO WEATHERFORD TO COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENTON...CORSICANA...KILLEEN AND GOLDTHWAITE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSVILLE TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Apr 10, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
149 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM 2 W MCGREGOR TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 MCLENNAN
1231 PM DESOTO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 DALLAS
1238 PM ITASCA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 HILL
1253 PM DALLAS TX WIND DAMAGE
04/10/95 DALLAS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
TO COUNTY MAINTENANCE BLDG
1254 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX LIGHTNING
04/10/95 ELLIS LIGHTNING STRUCK A
TRANSFORMER.
0106 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0106 PM S OF MIDLOTHIAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0134 PM KELLER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT RELAYED BY ZFW
0141 PM BENBROOK TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0141 PM EDGECLIFF TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0147 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT RELAYED BY SRHLocal storm report, Apr 10, 1:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
149 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM 2 W MCGREGOR TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 MCLENNAN
1231 PM DESOTO TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 DALLAS
1238 PM ITASCA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 HILL
1253 PM DALLAS TX WIND DAMAGE
04/10/95 DALLAS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
TO COUNTY MAINTENANCE BLDG
1254 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX LIGHTNING
04/10/95 ELLIS LIGHTNING STRUCK A
TRANSFORMER.
0106 PM W OF WAXAHACHIE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0106 PM S OF MIDLOTHIAN TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 ELLIS RELAYED BY WSO ACT
0134 PM KELLER TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT RELAYED BY ZFW
0141 PM BENBROOK TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0141 PM EDGECLIFF TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/95 TARRANT
0147 PM FORT WORTH TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/>95 TARRANT RELAYED BY SRHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Stonewall | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, McLennan | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 68 min |
| Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hamilton | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 69 min |
| Apr 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 71 min |
| Apr 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Titus | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Morris | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.