Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 1989, 7:59 AM CST for Coryell County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 1989, 7:59 AM CST (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1989, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coryell 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 12:00Z, 2.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 2:41 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:18 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 313 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JONESBORO...TO 5 MILES EAST OF HICO...TO GLEN ROSE... AT 255 AM CST A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FROM JONESBORO...INTO WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF GLEN ROSE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY...NEAR EVANT. RESIDENTS IN CORYELL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR...OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREAS OF PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS. MINOR STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN AREAS OF BOSQUE COUNTY ESPECIALLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS WITH EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER. ALSO...VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. ALSO...BOATERS OR FISHERMAN THAT HAVE PLANNED TRIPS THIS MORNING ON CENTRAL TEXAS AREA LAKES SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM JOHNSON CITY...TO GATESVILLE...TO GRANDVIEW ...TO DALLAS TO EAST OF BONHAM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RAEDIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:13 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:44 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 435 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS TUESDAY MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITIES OF WACO...DALLAS/FT WORTH AND EASTWARD UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 415 AM CST A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS INDICATED BY WACO RADAR FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF COPPERAS COVE...TO NEAR CLIFTON TO CLEBURNE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN HILL COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN CORYELL...BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER STORMS. < EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD ALSO EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...IF VENTURING OUT. ELSEWHERE...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE...FROM LLANO...TO KILLEEN...TO 15 MILES WEST OF WACO...TO ITASCA...TO MESQUITE...AND EXTENDS WELL INTO WEST AND NORTH- WEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY BEING REPORTED...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:18 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 600 AM CST A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO WACO TO AUSTIN. THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCLENNAN AND EXTREME WESTERN BELL COUNTIES CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN ...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GRfOUND LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 03
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:33 AM CST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 720 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 600 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 715 AM CST RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. AT 700 AM CST A THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A GUST TO 46 MPH TO WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXTEND FROM THE WACO AREA NORTH TO NEAR WHITNEY...IN HILL COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT NEAR 35 MPH. RESIDENTS IN MCLENNAN AND HILL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HAMILTON AND EXTREME WESTERN CORYELL COUNTIES DURING THE NIGHT. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 03
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hardeman, Wilbarger | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 9:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 12:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 42 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.