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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 10, 19954 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camp County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Titus County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 651 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-463 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 102342
FFWFTW
TXC063-159-343-423-449-459-499-110245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
642 PM CDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...CAMP COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...MORRIS COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY
   ...TITUS COUNTY...UPSHUR COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
AT 637 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO TYLER TO PALESTINE. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO
THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS...WITH
REPORTS OF SCATTERED FLOODING IN FRANKLIN...TITUS...WOOD AND SMITH
COUNTIES.
 
RADAR ESTIMATED THE RAINFALL BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES IN THE PAST
THREE HOURS IN THIS AREA...WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS
THE SATURATED GROUNDS. RUN-OFF WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS WITH MANY LOW-LYING AREAS FLOODING.
 
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 FLO.WING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall56 min
Apr 10, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones58 min
Apr 10, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher64 min
Apr 10, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones64 min
Apr 10, 10:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise55 min
Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Wise60 min
Apr 10, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan56 min
Apr 10, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill52 min
Apr 10, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis68 min
Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas40 min
Apr 10, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan52 min
Apr 10, 12:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, McLennan3 hr
Apr 10, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton69 min
Apr 10, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis61 min
Apr 10, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath59 min
Apr 10, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant64 min
Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton61 min
Apr 10, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro55 min
Apr 10, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson65 min
Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell57 min
Apr 10, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall63 min
Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt65 min
Apr 10, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hamilton60 min
Apr 10, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt69 min
Apr 10, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan54 min
Apr 10, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Hill, Johnson59 min
Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro71 min
Apr 10, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill61 min
Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro62 min
Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman62 min
Apr 10, 4:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Hill, Kaufman3 hr
Apr 10, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt59 min
Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls63 min
Apr 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur31 min
Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro3 hr
Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Titus60 min
Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Morris65 min
Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River65 min
Apr 10, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood51 min
Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith, Upshur, Wood3 hr

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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.