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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 13, 1995Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 1995, 4:29 AM CST for Dallas County, Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 1995, 4:29 AM CST (10:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 1995, 8:30 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 131031
FFWFTW
TXC085-113-139-181-131430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
429 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...COLLIN COUNTY...DALLAS COUNTY...ELLIS COUNTY
   ...GRAYSON COUNTY
 
IN ELLIS COUNTY FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MAYPEARL AND ON THE SERVICE
ROADS OF HIGHWAY 287 IN THE PALMER AREA. IN DALLAS COUNTY STREET
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN DALLAS AND ON NORTHWEST HIGHWAY. IN COLLIN
COUNTY HIGHWAY 380 WAS CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO HIGH WATER BUT IS NOW
OPEN BUT OTHER ROADS IN THE COUNTY MAY BE FLOODED. IN GRAYSON COUNTY
HIGH 121 WAS FLOODED ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
 
AT 425 AM A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF HEAVY
RAIN COVERED NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS TO BROWNWOOD
TO AUSTIN AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO MADISONVILLE. THIS AREA IS
DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING
AREA DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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, 11:17 PM CST, 5 hours 12 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.

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:25 PM CST, 5 hours 4 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, 4 hours 4 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, 3 hours 55 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.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 4:00 AM CST, 29 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
400 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR...MAR 13 1995

TIME CST     COUNTY        EVENT
0053 CST     MCLENNAN      WACO WEATHER OFFICE REPORTS THUNDERSTORM WINDS
                           GUSTING UP TO 38 MPH.

0300 CST     MCLENNAN      WACO P.D. GOT A CALL FROM THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
                           TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF AXTELL.  UNCOMFIRMED AND
                           NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 4:04 AM CST, 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
400 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995

...STORM REPORTS FOR...MAR 13 1995

TIME CST     COUNTY        EVENT
0053 CST     MCLENNAN      WACO WEATHER OFFICE REPORTS THUNDERSTORM WINDS
                           GUSTING UP TO 38 MPH.

0300 CST     MCLENNAN      WACO P.D. GOT A CALL FROM THE PUBLIC OF A POSSIBLE
                           TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF AXTELL.  UNCOMFIRMED AND
                           NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE.

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, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	3 hr
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, 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

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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.