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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1989, 6:52 PM CDT for Hood County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1989, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1989, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hood 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
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, May 16, 12:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED FROM THE WACO AREA OF CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTWARD DEEP INTO THE PINEY WOODS OF EAST TEXAS. AT 12:45 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF MARLIN IN FALLS COUNTY...TO NEAR CENTERVILLE IN LEON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR CORSICANA AND SOUTH OF FORT WORTH NEAR BURLESON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. TO THE WEST...WACO RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING BOTH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THIS ACTIVITY LAY WEST OF THE HAMILTON AREA AND EXTENDED WESTWARD BEYOND COLEMAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY TOWARD THE EAST AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION DURING THE NEXT ONE TOH TWO HOURS. < RESIDENTS OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 16, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 248 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 AT 245 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MINERAL WELLS TO STEPHENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES. 03
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 345 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...FALLS...HILL... LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN...LEON...AND ROBERTSON... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO KILLEEN...TO LUFKIN. THIS INCLUDES MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES PLUS LEON COUNTY... AT 3:40 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SHOWERS INCREASING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE THE WACO AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR WHILE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING MONITORED WEST THROUGH <NORTHWEST OF THE WACO AREA BETWEEN MINERAL WELLS AND COMANCHE AND WESTWARD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... HOWEVER THE GENERAL AREA WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE WACO AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE LEADING EDGE COULD REACH BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES BY 5 PM. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARG<E HAIL. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 500 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE TO KILLEEN TO LUFKIN. THIS INCLUDES MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES PLUS LEON COUNTY... AT 4:55 PM CDT...WACO RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTH END OF LAKE WHITNEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN HILL COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE WARNING SHOULD THIS STORM CONTINUE TO BECOME STRONGER. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE FORT WORTH AREA AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO WEATHERFORD TO WEST OF HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. < STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>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 | 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 | 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.