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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 21, 1996Ellis County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 1996, 4:34 PM CDT for Ellis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 1996, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ellis County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2851 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 12:00Z on 1996-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.2

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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, Oct 21, 12:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1155 AM CDT MON OCT 21 1996

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

0722 AM    LINGLEVILLE               TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   ERATH

0807 AM    GRANBURY                  TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   HOOD

0838 AM    JOSHUA                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   JOHNSON

0845 AM    5 E CROWLEY               TX   80 MPH TSTM GUST
10/21/96   TARRANT

0845 AM    3 SE CROWLEY              TX   HANGAR BLOWN DOWN
10/21/96   TARRANT                        DAMAGED AIRCRAFT

0850 AM    BURLESON                  TX   80 MPH TSTM GUST
10/21/96   JOHNSON

0850 AM    BURLESON                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   JOHNSON

0930 AM    PALO PINTO                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PALO PINTO

0942 AM    MINERAL WELLS             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PALO PINTO

0942 AM    EAGLE MTN LAKE            TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1013 AM    WEATHERFORD               TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PARKER

1015 AM    WEATHERFORD               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PARKER
1017 AM    WEATHERFORD               TX   2 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PARKER

1031 AM    ALEDO                     TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PARKER                         WINDOWS BROKEN

1031 AM    8 E WEATHERFORD           TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   PARKER

1039 AM    EASTLAND                  TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   EASTLAND

1047 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1050 AM    FT WORTH                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1114 AM    BEDFORD                   TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1114 AM    BEDFORD                   TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
10/21/96   TARRANT

1127 AM    IRVING                    TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   DALLAS

1143 AM    ADDISON                   TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   DALLAS

1143 AM    IRVING                    TX   1.5 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   DALLAS
Local storm report, Oct 21, 1:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
155 PM CDT MON OCT 21 1996

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

1141 AM    ADDISON                   TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
10/21/96   DALLAS

1221 PM    MANSFIELD                 TX   2 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1238 PM    FT WORTH                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1239 PM    5 SW FT WORTH             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

1256 PM    FT WORTH                  TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

0103 PM    DALLAS                    TX   FLOODING
10/21/96   DALLAS                         SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
                                          TO HIGH WATER

0115 PM    6 NW MANSFIELD            TX   .88 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   TARRANT

0130 PM    IRVING                    TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   DALLAS

0140 PM    DALLAS                    TX   1 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   DALLAS

0144 PM    DALLAS                    TX   1.5 INCH HAIL
10/21/96   DALLAS
Local storm report, Oct 21, 3:51 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche30 min
Oct 21, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath50 min
Oct 21, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker69 min
Oct 21, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell69 min
Oct 21, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant68 min
Oct 21, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood33 min
Oct 21, 8:20 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson25 min
Oct 21, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens69 min
Oct 21, 8:51 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant39 min
Oct 21, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis49 min
Oct 21, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto43 min
Oct 21, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker64 min
Oct 21, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall44 min
Oct 21, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall36 min
Oct 21, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman28 min
Oct 21, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland55 min
Oct 21, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant55 min
Oct 21, 10:27 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHunt63 min
Oct 21, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto66 min
Oct 21, 10:56 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland, Erath34 min
Oct 21, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas61 min
Oct 21, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant36 min
Oct 21, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise68 min
Oct 21, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood68 min
Oct 21, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin49 min
Oct 21, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Oct 21, 12:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas115 min
Oct 21, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant65 min
Oct 21, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
Oct 21, 1:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
Oct 21, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche66 min
Oct 21, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rockwall47 min
Oct 21, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton55 min
Oct 21, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas35 min
Oct 21, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman54 min
Oct 21, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque58 min
Oct 21, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt65 min
Oct 21, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins65 min
Oct 21, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton60 min
Oct 21, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant60 min
Oct 21, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton32 min
Oct 21, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque49 min
Oct 21, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas61 min
Oct 21, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill44 min
Oct 21, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton62 min
Oct 21, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis, Hill61 min
Oct 21, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque59 min
Oct 21, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro46 min
Oct 21, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman61 min
Oct 21, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill61 min
Oct 21, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson61 min
Oct 21, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt60 min
Oct 21, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro60 min
Oct 21, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas65 min
Oct 21, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson65 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.