Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1988, 3:45 AM CDT for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1988, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1988, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 010849 RRA
FFWFTW
TXC193-011245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 AM CDT WED JUN 1 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...HAMILTON
AT 345 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER HAMILTON COUNTY. THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF
HAS REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING AT HICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
NEARLY STATIONARY AND HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF
HAMILTON COUNTY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD
SITUATION. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
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 WATERnS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.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, May 31, 9:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 945 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 186 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO... AT 937 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINSHOWERS....WERE LOCATED IN CORYELL COUNTY...SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE. THESE WERE THE ONLY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. OTHERWISE...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...WITH SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM FT WORTH...TO HICO...BRADY. PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER CENTRAL MCLENNAN...NORTHERN LIMESTONE ...AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE DPS OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 07
Special weather statement, May 31, 11:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1100 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 1988 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO... AT 1055 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MASON TO NEAR HICO TO FORT WORTH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS EARLIER TODAY AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS. STATEMENTS...SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE DPS OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 07
Special weather statement, May 31, 11:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1100 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 1988 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO NORTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO... AT 1055 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MASON TO NEAR HICO TO FORT WORTH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY. MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS EARLIER TODAY AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Local storm report, May 31, 11:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1110 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 1988
TIME OF OCCURRENCE EVENT
530 PM CDT WIND BLEW THE ROOF OFF A HORSE BARN 3 MILES
WEST OF TEMPLE IN BELL COUNTY. ALSO PEA SIZE
HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE TO A MIMOSA TREE IN
TEMPLE. REPORTED BY SPOTTERS FOR TELEVISION
WEATHER STATIONS.
600 PM CDT WIND DAMAGE TO BOAT STORAGE BUILDINGS IN HILL
COUNTY INTERSECTION FM 933 AND FM 2604.
REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
655 PM CDT WIND DAMAGE TO BARN AND OTHER BUILDINGS AT
HURST SPRINGS IN NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY.
REPORTED BY WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 68 min |
| May 31, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 68 min |
| May 31, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 2 hr |
| May 31, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Callahan | 3 hr |
| May 31, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 2 hr |
| May 31, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Callahan | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Jones | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 69 min |
| Jun 1, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 57 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.