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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 22, 1996Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 1996, 12:41 AM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1996, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Grayson County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1644 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 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
12.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Apr 21, 6:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
654 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    14 SE THROCKMORTON        TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   THROCKMORTON                   SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL HAIL

0603 PM    MURRAY                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   YOUNG                          QUARTER TO GOLFBALL HAIL
                                          REPORTED

0626 PM    NEWCASTLE                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   YOUNG                          GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          GRAHAM FD

0646 PM    LOVING                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL

04/21/96   YOUNG                          GOLFBALL HAIL
Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...RETRANSMITTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
654 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    14 SE THROCKMORTON        TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   THROCKMORTON                   SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL HAIL

0603 PM    MURRAY                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   YOUNG                          QUARTER TO GOLFBALL HAIL
                                          REPORTED

0626 PM    NEWCASTLE                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   YOUNG                          GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          GRAHAM FD

0646 PM    LOVING                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   YOUNG                          GOLFBALL HAIL
Local storm report, Apr 21, 7:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
739 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0503 PM    ANTELOPE                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   JACK                           MARBLE TO GOLFBALL HAIL.

0503 PM    JERMYN                    TX
04/21/96   JACK                           FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY
                                          REPORTED. NO DAMAGE

0652 PM    10 E THROCKMORTON         TX   .88 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   THROCKMORTON                   DIME TO NICKEL HAIL
                                          BETWEEN WOODSON AND ELBERT
                      D                    ON SH 380.
Local storm report, Apr 22, 12:15 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1205 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    BOWIE                     TX   1 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   MONTAGUE

0750 PM    3 W OLNEY                 TX   1 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   YOUNG

0825 PM    SUNSET                    TX   2.5 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   MONTAGUE

0838 PM    1 E BOWIE                 TX   TORNADO
04/21/96   MONTAGUE

0840 PM    BOWIE                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   MONTAGUE

0840 PM    MUENSTER                  TX   1 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   COOKE

0900 PM    5 S MONTAGUE              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   MONTAGUE                       HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE 4
                                          INCHES DEEP

0920 PM    2 S GAINESVILLE           TX   TORNADO
04/21/96   COOKE

0935 PM    WHITESBORO                TX   4 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   GRAYSON

0940 PM    GORDONVILLE               TX   .88 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   GRAYSON

0945 PM    2 E MONTAGUE              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   MONTAGUE

0953 PM    ST JO                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   MONTAGUE

1007 PM    4 W DENISON               TX   TORNADO
04/21/96   GRAYSON

1010 PM    MUENSTER                  TX   1 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   COOKE

1013 PM    POTTSBORO                 TX   4.5 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   GRAYSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton, Young51 min
Apr 21, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague58 min
Apr 21, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Montague68 min
Apr 21, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague42 min
Apr 21, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke63 min
Apr 21, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague56 min
Apr 21, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson67 min
Apr 21, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke66 min
Apr 21, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke57 min
Apr 21, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson57 min
Apr 21, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson57 min
Apr 21, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke56 min
Apr 21, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson59 min
Apr 22, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 22, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell63 min
Apr 22, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDMitchell63 min
Apr 22, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan57 min
Apr 22, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor59 min
Apr 22, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones59 min
Apr 22, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell57 min
Apr 22, 2:48 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor57 min
Apr 22, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor66 min
Apr 22, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford69 min
Apr 22, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens, Throckmorton, Young56 min
Apr 22, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young63 min
Apr 22, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke55 min
Apr 22, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant55 min
Apr 22, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell55 min
Apr 22, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Hill69 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.