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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 1989Hopkins County, Rains County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1989, 10:11 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Rains County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1989, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1989, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hopkins County, TX, Rains County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, 5:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 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, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Tarrant69 min
May 16, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHood17 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt, Rains67 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDVan Zandt67 min
May 16, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant59 min
May 16, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson38 min
May 16, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan57 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis57 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWood57 min
May 16, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEllis44 min
May 16, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis2 hr
May 16, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis, Kaufman65 min
May 16, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall2 hr
May 16, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Rains, Wood53 min
May 16, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur53 min
May 16, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt56 min
May 16, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt3 hr
May 16, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson, Rains, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood57 min
May 16, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher59 min
May 16, 11:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith, Wood119 min
May 16, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox61 min
May 16, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant2 hr
May 16, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Jones65 min
May 16, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCamp, Upshur3 hr
May 17, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque50 min
May 17, 5:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Johnson, Tarrant5 hr
May 17, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall4 hr
May 17, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan38 min
May 17, 6:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin3 hr
May 17, 7:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan4 hr
May 17, 7:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque4 hr
May 17, 7:50 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell25 min
May 17, 8:15 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell45 min
May 17, 8:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone3 hr
May 17, 8:57 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee33 min
May 17, 8:57 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDSmith33 min
May 17, 9:00 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan30 min
May 17, 9:31 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCherokee, Smith29 min
May 17, 9:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson, Navarro, Smith113 min
May 17, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell57 min
May 17, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDSmith49 min
May 17, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson59 min
May 17, 10:11 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson64 min
May 17, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDUpshur65 min
May 17, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls58 min
May 17, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro3 hr
May 17, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, Limestone, McLennan3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFalls3 hr
May 17, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDUpshur, Wood3 hr
May 17, 2:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith3 hr
May 17, 2:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone3 hr
May 17, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson63 min
May 17, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone43 min
May 17, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee, Smith60 min
May 17, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox56 min
May 17, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith42 min
May 17, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith3 hr
May 17, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson3 hr
May 17, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith46 min

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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.