Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 29, 1989, 2:53 AM CST for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1989, 2:53 AM CST (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1989, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 290855
FFWFTW
TXC073-291300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
253 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...CHEROKEE
AT 255 AM THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOODING
AND RUNOFF STILL OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH
WATER AND ROADS BEING WASHED OUT. A CAR WAS WASHED OFF THE ROAD NEAR
RUSK. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. SOME LOCATIONS
HAVE RECEIVED OVER 11 INCHES OF RAIN.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.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, 10:11 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1010 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LEON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 1005 PM CST RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CORYELL AND BELL COUNTIES NEAR COPPEERAS COVE AND KILLEEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 11:44 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1130 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR LEON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 1125 PM CST RADAR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF MADISON COUNTY WITH SHOWERS ACROSS LEON COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WACO INTO NORTHERN BELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF HIGH WIND AND SMALL HAIL IN THE BELTON AREA HAS BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST HOUR AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, Mar 29, 12:13 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1215 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989
REPORTS FROM TUESDAY...MARCH 28 1989
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE EVENT
920 AM CST STORAGE SHED WAS DESTROYED BY WINDS AT PEELTOWN (9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEMP)...KAUFMAN COUNTY
655 PM CST CISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL OBSERVED SEVERAL
FUNNELS SOUTHWEST OF CISCO...EASTLAND COUNTY
705 PM CST CISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL OBSERVED A BRIEF
TORNADO (NO DAMAGE) 2 MILES WEST OF CISCO...EASTLAND
COUNTY
715 PM CST BRIEF TORNADO (NO DAMAGE) WAS OBSERVED 4 MILES WEST OF
BRECKENRIDGE...STEPHENS COUNTY
630 PM CST FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD 2064 WASHED OUT NEAR GOULD (10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE)...CHEROKEE COUNTY
645 PM CST UP TO ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 69 NEAR
DIALVILLE...CHEROKEE COUNTY
700 PM CST 18 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROADS IN AND NEAR ELKHART...
ANDERSON COUNTY
730 PM CST WATER UP TO CAR DOORS IN PART OF JACKSONVILLE...7.35
INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED AT THAT TIME...CHEROKEE COUNTY9
1015 PM CST SEVERAL ROADS IN AND NEAR JACKSONVILLE CLOSED BY HIGH
WATER...8.20 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED AT THAT TIME...
CHEROKEE COUNTY
1015 PM CST FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD 13 NEAR TROUP CLOSED...SMITH COUNTYLocal storm report, Mar 29, 1:14 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
110 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989
TIME OF OCCURRENCE EVENT
0005 CST CHANNEL 25 TV STATION REPORTED 72 MPH WIND.
CITY OF WACO...MCLENNAN COUNTY.
0025 CST DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC REPORTED BARN DESTROYED
SPRING VALLEY ROAD...SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY.
RELAYED BY S.O.Special weather statement, Mar 29, 1:35 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 130 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FOR LEON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 125 AM CST RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAD MOVED INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO CONROE. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT LATER THIS MORNING. PERSON SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV OR RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:14 AM CST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 210 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LEON...BRAZOS AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT EAST OF LINE FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA. THIS INCLUDES BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 205 AM CST RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAD MOVED INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING ACROSS PORTION OF BRAZOS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 02
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 11:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 3 hr |
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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.