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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 31, 1995Van Zandt County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT for Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Van Zandt County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 664 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 310617
FFWFTW
TXC467-310830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
115 AM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY
 
AT 110 AM...THE VAN ZANDT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A PORTION
OF HIGHWAY 80 EAST OF GRAND SALINE IN NORTHEASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY WAS
FLOODED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN WILL BE MOVING OUT OF
THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY BY 200 AM...BUT FLOODING OF THIS ROADWAY
AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS MAY CONTINUE UNTIL 330 AM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Hunt2 hr
May 30, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Rains2 hr
May 30, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin2 hr
May 30, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt3 hr
May 31, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens65 min
May 31, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto66 min
May 31, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath55 min
May 31, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood55 min
May 31, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker51 min
May 31, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant62 min
May 31, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell64 min
May 31, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Nolan64 min
May 31, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Johnson59 min
May 31, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFisher, Nolan55 min
May 31, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher, Nolan55 min
May 31, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis52 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor2 hr
May 31, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
May 31, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor55 min
May 31, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan67 min
May 31, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque49 min
May 31, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones59 min
May 31, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman50 min
May 31, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan61 min
May 31, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro56 min
May 31, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor65 min
May 31, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson47 min
May 31, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman2 hr
May 31, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt47 min
May 31, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan27 min
May 31, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson50 min
May 31, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls54 min
May 31, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry55 min
May 31, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall55 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.