Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1989, 3:43 AM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1989, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1989, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grayson 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 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 160844
FFWFTW
TXC181-161245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
343 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...GRAYSON
AT 335 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED...AND REPORTS FROM COOKE COUNTY
CONFIRMED...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE WESTERN PORTION OF
GRAYSON COUNTY. HAIL TO SOFTBALL SIZE HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS
STORM DURING THE PAST HOUR.
IN ADDDITION...FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES
SLOWLY EASTWARD...ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH...THROUGH GRAYSON COUNTY. REPORTS
FROM GRAYSON COUNTY INDICATE EXTENSIVE FLOODING..ESPECIALLY IN THE
MUENSTER AREA. INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE MAY BE SEVERAL
MOBILE HOMES FLOODED...IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD LOW-LAND FLOODING.
RESIDENTS OF GRAYSON COUNTY CAN EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW
THE TRACK OF THIS FIRST STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IFB YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, 11:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1029 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1016 PM CDT A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN....WERE FROM GRANBURY...TO ITALY...TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALESTINE. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BETWEEN FAIRFIELD AND OAKWOOD. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS NEAR ITALY...NEAR CORSICANA AND SOUTHWEST OF OAKWOOD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY INDICATED...CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT...SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FEED IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS BRINGING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINS. HOWEVER...THE EXACT TIMIMG OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT. SO...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 07
Special weather statement, May 15, 11:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1125 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1121 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... AND WERE NOW IN A 10 TO 15 MILE WIDE AREA...FROM NORTHWEST OF FT WORTH ...TO NORTH OF WAXAHACHIE TO SOUTH OF MAYBANK. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE WICHITA FALLAS AREA AND EXTENDED WELL INTO NORTH AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE WACO OFFICE UNTIL PRECIPITATION OR THREATENING WEATHER REDEVELOPS. 07
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1230 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CDT THIS TUESDAY MORNING FOR PERSON IS HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1220 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WICHITA FALLS AREA TO JUST NORTH OF DALLAS INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS 15 MILES WEST OF TYLER. ALL THE PRECIPITAION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMENT. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIO(NS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SAFEGARD LIVES AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 128 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. AT 125 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA WAS NEAR MONTAGUE TO WICHITA FALLS. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WISE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF DALLAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COLLIN COUNTY TO ROCKWALL TO NORTHEAST OF TYLER. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED NORTH OF FARMERSVILLE IN COLLIN COUNTY AND NORTH OF CANTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STORMS IN NORTHWEST TEXAS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. THE STORMS IN NORTHWEST TEXAS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE SAME AREAS AND WITH THE HEAVY RAINS... POSE A STRONG THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING... PARTICULARLY IF IN LOW-LYINrG OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 130 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 125AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE RED RIVER NEAR WICHITA FALLS TO JUST NORTH OF DALLAS INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...HOWEVER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS NOW IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND ANY STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS NOW OVER CENTRAL TEXAS MAY QUICKLY BECOME THE INTENSE VARIETY. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, May 16, 2:49 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 245 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 240 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF HILL COUNTY AND IN PARTS OF CORYELL AND BELL COUNTIES. NUMEROUS STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS FROM SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TO NORTH OF DENTON INTO THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE RAINSHOWERS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL TEXAS ARE CURRENTLY LIGHT... CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR FURTHER DEVELOPEMENT. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06
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, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Baylor | 4 hr |
| 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 | 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
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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.