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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT for Hood County, Somervell County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hood County, TX, Somervell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 010057 FFWFTW TXC221-425-010300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 757 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HOOD COUNTY...SOMERVELL COUNTY AT 757 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CRESSON TO WALNUT SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 51 IN HOOD COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM WHICH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANG,ERS 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
Local storm report, May 31, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
609 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MAY 31ST...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM CADDO TX 3.50 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 STEPHENS
0315 PM NEAR TOLAR TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 HOOD
0343 PM GLEN ROSE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 SOMERVELL
0437 PM RED OAK TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 ELLIS
0454 PM LAGUNA PARK TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 BOSQUE
0510 PM BARDWELL TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 ELLIS
0515 PM 3 S WHITNEY TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 HILL
0539 PM 5 N GHOLSON TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/31/95 MCLENNAN
0555 PM ELM MOTT TX 0.75 INCH HAI,L
05/31/95 MCLENNANSpecial weather statement, May 31, 6:59 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ091-100-101-115-116-117-129-130-131-132-141-010030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 658 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 655 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR BOWIE IN MONTAGUE COUNTY TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS AND COMANCHE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND WEATHERFORD...AND ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF STEPHENVILLE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COMANCHE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 119 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker, Somervell | 50 min |
| May 31, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 47 min |
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 63 min |
| May 31, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| May 31, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 66 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.