Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1989, 10:01 PM CDT for Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1989, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1989, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baylor 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSPS 160302 RRA
FFWSPS
TXC023-160700-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1001 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...BAYLOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURED
OVER BAYLOR COUNTY THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS AND
LOW LYING AREAS WILL FLOOD FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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. MO4VE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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 15, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 610 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST PART OF ANDERSON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES PALO PINTO...STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A MONTAGUE TO RUSK LINE. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. AT 610 PM CDT RADARS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A GILMER TO ATHENS TO LUFKIN LINE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST ANDERSON COUNTY NEAR FRANKSTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE SO HEAVY RAINS COULD FLOOD ROADWAYS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR RAPIDLY MOVING WATER. MEANWHILE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 705 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT INCLUDED THE NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES PALO PINTO...STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES. AT 705 PM CDT RADARS INDICATED A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...MOSTLY AROUND LUFKIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 745 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES PALO PINTO...STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES. AT 745 PM CDT RADARS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO ABILENE LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING LITTLE. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULHD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 850 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT AND INCLUDES PALO PINTO...STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. AT 850 PM CDT RADARS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO ARCHER CITY TO SEYMOUR LINE. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA....NORTH OF THE RED RIVER...FROM SHERMAN EASTWARD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING LITTLE. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:34 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 935 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 915 PM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAD FORMED RAPIDLY IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES FROM HILLSBORO...TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MEXIA...TO FAIRFIELD TO NEAR OAKWOOD. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS EAST OF HILLSBORO AND NORTH OF MEXIA. NO MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED. ALSO AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND ALVARADO. CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. 07
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:57 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 955 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING AND INCLUDES PALO PINTO ...STEPHENS...EASTLAND...ERATH AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. AT 955 PM CDT RADARS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO ARCHER CITY TO SEYMOUR LINE. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN SHERMAN AND TEXARKANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT WORTH TO WAXAHACHIE TO NEAR FAIRFIELD. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING) IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 58 min |
| May 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 59 min |
| May 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 55 min |
| May 15, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 64 min |
| May 15, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 59 min |
| May 15, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer | 4 hr |
| May 15, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay, Jack | 69 min |
| May 16, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 16, 12:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 4 hr |
| May 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay, Montague | 60 min |
| May 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 60 min |
| May 16, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor, Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 16, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| May 16, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 56 min |
| May 16, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay, Montague | 61 min |
| May 16, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 62 min |
| May 16, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Young | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 62 min |
| May 16, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar, Red River | 56 min |
| May 16, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 56 min |
| May 16, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 5 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 2 hr |
| May 16, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 66 min |
| May 16, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 4 hr |
| May 16, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 55 min |
| May 16, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 2 hr |
| May 16, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Baylor, Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 57 min |
| May 16, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 54 min |
| May 16, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 66 min |
| May 16, 8:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 63 min |
| May 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 63 min |
| May 16, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 4 hr |
| May 16, 10:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 4 hr |
| May 16, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 57 min |
| May 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan | 60 min |
| May 16, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| May 16, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| May 16, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 67 min |
| May 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Knox | 58 min |
| May 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 55 min |
| May 16, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| May 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 55 min |
| May 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard | 56 min |
| May 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Taylor | 61 min |
| May 16, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 68 min |
| May 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 67 min |
| May 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard | 31 min |
| May 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Hardeman | 61 min |
| May 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 66 min |
| May 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 59 min |
| May 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 49 min |
| May 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 54 min |
| May 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 50 min |
| May 16, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 68 min |
| May 16, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 68 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.