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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 1989Hood County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1760 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.
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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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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.

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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.
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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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor58 min
May 15, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton59 min
May 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher55 min
May 15, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher64 min
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBaylor4 hr
May 15, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung59 min
May 15, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher4 hr
May 15, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Jack69 min
May 16, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita3 hr
May 16, 12:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung4 hr
May 16, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Montague60 min
May 16, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher60 min
May 16, 1:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Wichita4 hr
May 16, 1:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 16, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke56 min
May 16, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay, Montague61 min
May 16, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke62 min
May 16, 3:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Young4 hr
May 16, 3:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague4 hr
May 16, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson4 hr
May 16, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson62 min
May 16, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar, Red River56 min
May 16, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson56 min
May 16, 4:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin5 hr
May 16, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin2 hr
May 16, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River66 min
May 16, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar4 hr
May 16, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar55 min
May 16, 5:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke2 hr
May 16, 6:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young4 hr
May 16, 6:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBaylor, Wichita4 hr
May 16, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker57 min
May 16, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman54 min
May 16, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt66 min
May 16, 8:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall3 hr
May 16, 8:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith63 min
May 16, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith63 min
May 16, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDUpshur, Wood4 hr
May 16, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson4 hr
May 16, 9:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson4 hr
May 16, 9:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 16, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis, Navarro4 hr
May 16, 10:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee4 hr
May 16, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee57 min
May 16, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan60 min
May 16, 12:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones64 min
May 16, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
May 16, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor67 min
May 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Knox58 min
May 16, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan55 min
May 16, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung63 min
May 16, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens55 min
May 16, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard56 min
May 16, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Taylor61 min
May 16, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger68 min
May 16, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto67 min
May 16, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard31 min
May 16, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman61 min
May 16, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant66 min
May 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker50 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger33 min
May 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack59 min
May 16, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill49 min
May 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas48 min
May 16, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis54 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin45 min
May 16, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman, Rockwall50 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood68 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.