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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Fort Worth, TX

August 1, 1995Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 1995, 12:54 AM CDT for Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1995, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Robertson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 1995-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1260 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 010556
FFWFTW
TXC395-011000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1254 AM CDT TUE AUG 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...ROBERTSON COUNTY
 
AT 1254 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GROESBECK SOUTHWARD THROUGH
FRANKLIN TO JUST EAST OF AUSTIN. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER THESE
RSINCE 945 PM WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES LIKELY OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson, Leon3 hr
Aug 1, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Milam4 hr
Aug 1, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, Limestone4 hr
Aug 1, 5:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRobertson3 hr
Aug 1, 6:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Tarrant3 hr
Aug 1, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone, Leon3 hr
Aug 1, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
Aug 1, 2:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone4 hr
Aug 1, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls, Milam, Robertson4 hr
Aug 1, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill4 hr
Aug 1, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Navarro3 hr
Aug 1, 3:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto2 hr
Aug 1, 4:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Somervell2 hr
Aug 1, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque108 min
Aug 1, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Young3 hr
Aug 1, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell, Coryell3 hr
Aug 1, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Somervell3 hr

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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.