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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 10, 1995Parker County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1995, 7:54 PM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Parker County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1995-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 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 1995-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 110054
FFWFTW
TXC143-221-367-110300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 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
 
   ...ERATH COUNTY...HOOD COUNTY...PARKER COUNTY
 
AT 754 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST WEATHERFORD TO GRANBURY
TO STEPHENVILLE. THIS AREA WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE. RADAR ESTIMATED
BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA SINCE 600 PM.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP" 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, Jun 10, 4:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ125-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
409 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER UPSHUR COUNTY...ONE WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GILMER...WHILE ANOTHER ONE WAS NEAR ROSEWOOD. THESE STORMS WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS AS
WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS THEY
MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ125-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
409 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER UPSHUR COUNTY...ONE WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GILMER...WHILE ANOTHER ONE WAS NEAR ROSEWOOD. THESE STORMS WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS AS
WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS THEY
MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ091-092-098>101-115-116-129-130-141>143-110115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
617 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS...

AT 617 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM
NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO SWEETWATER.  THESE STORMS EXTENDED WESTWARD
INTO THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS
DEVELOPING BETWEEN ALBANY AND BRECKENRIDGE.

MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...AND WILL ENTER
WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones57 min
Jun 10, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor65 min
Jun 10, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan67 min
Jun 10, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Hood2 hr
Jun 10, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens68 min
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens, Throckmorton, Young3 hr
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEastland3 hr
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan31 min
Jun 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman57 min
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto, Young58 min
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell58 min
Jun 10, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens37 min
Jun 10, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown, Coleman2 hr
Jun 10, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche54 min
Jun 10, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill46 min
Jun 10, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton57 min
Jun 10, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque64 min
Jun 10, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque64 min
Jun 10, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill, McLennan55 min
Jun 10, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton55 min
Jun 10, 11:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill2 hr
Jun 11, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Navarro2 hr
Jun 11, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson2 hr
Jun 11, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Limestone67 min
Jun 11, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls67 min
Jun 11, 12:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson71 min
Jun 11, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson71 min
Jun 11, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMilam, Robertson63 min
Jun 11, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLeon63 min
Jun 11, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson65 min
Jun 11, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee63 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.