Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1995, 5:08 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1995, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Palo Pinto County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 282210 FFWFTW TXC363-290115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 508 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...PALO PINTO COUNTY AT 508 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY BETWEEN PALO PINTO AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSBORO. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN PALO PINTO COUNTY...WITH RUNOFF INTO KEECHI CREEK. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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 FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. STRAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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 28, 11:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-113>123-127>135-139>147-154>162-282200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1120 AM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE RISK AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE...GAINESVILLE...BROWNWOOD...TEMPLE...KILLEEN... WACO...TYLER...LUFKIN AND THE DALLAS FT WORTH METROPLEX. LATE THIS MORNING...LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW HAD INCREASED DEWPOINTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AND PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION IN THE EVENT ACTIVATION IS NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ091>095-098>107-113>123-127>135-139>147-154>162-282200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1120 AM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE RISK AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE...GAINESVILLE...BROWNWOOD...TEMPLE...KILLEEN... WACO...TYLER...LUFKIN AND THE DALLAS FT WORTH METROPLEX. LATE THIS MORNING...LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW HAD INCREASED DEWPOINTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AND PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION IN THE EVENT ACTIVATIONF IS NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ134-145-146-157>160-281730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1135 AM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 AT 1135 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GATESVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELTON...8 MILES NORTH OF WACO AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAXAHACHIE. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ134-145-146-157>160-281730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1135 AM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 AT 1135 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GATESVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELTON...8 MILES NORTH OF WACO AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF WAXAHACHIE. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDIpTIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ098>101-114>117-128>130-140>142-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 AT 305 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF AN ARCHER CITY TO MINERAL WELLS TO COMANCHE LINE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY...10 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSBORO AND 8 MILES WEST OF EASTLAND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
TXZ098>101-114>117-128>130-140>142-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CDT WED JUN 28 1995 AT 305 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER AN AREA GENERALLY WEST OF AN ARCHER CITY TO MINERAL WELLS TO COMANCHE LINE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF OLNEY...10 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSBORO AND 8 MILES WEST OF EASTLAND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU WILL ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Young | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.