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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 1989Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1989, 11:16 PM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 1989, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 1989, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Smith 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, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 7:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 8:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 10:18 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 10:32 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Parker, Tarrant	69 min
May 16, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hood	17 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Hunt, Rains	67 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	67 min
May 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	59 min
May 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Johnson	38 min
May 16, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Callahan	57 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	57 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wood	57 min
May 16, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis	44 min
May 16, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis	2 hr
May 16, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman	65 min
May 16, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall	2 hr
May 16, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Wood	53 min
May 16, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Upshur	53 min
May 16, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	56 min
May 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains, Wood	3 hr
May 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson, Van Zandt	3 hr
May 16, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Rains, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood	57 min
May 16, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fisher	59 min
May 16, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	61 min
May 16, 11:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Tarrant	2 hr
May 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell, Jones	65 min
May 16, 11:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Camp, Upshur	3 hr
May 17, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	50 min
May 17, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant	5 hr
May 17, 6:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	4 hr
May 17, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	McLennan	38 min
May 17, 6:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Fannin	3 hr
May 17, 7:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	4 hr
May 17, 7:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Bosque	4 hr
May 17, 7:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell	25 min
May 17, 8:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Coryell	45 min
May 17, 8:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Freestone	3 hr
May 17, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Anderson, Cherokee	33 min
May 17, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Smith	33 min
May 17, 9:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	30 min
May 17, 9:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cherokee, Smith	29 min
May 17, 9:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson, Navarro, Smith	113 min
May 17, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell	57 min
May 17, 9:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Smith	49 min
May 17, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	59 min
May 17, 10:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson	64 min
May 17, 10:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Upshur	65 min
May 17, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	58 min
May 17, 11:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro	3 hr
May 17, 11:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hill, Limestone, McLennan	3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	3 hr
May 17, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Falls	3 hr
May 17, 1:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Upshur, Wood	3 hr
May 17, 2:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
May 17, 2:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone	3 hr
May 17, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	63 min
May 17, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	43 min
May 17, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cherokee, Smith	60 min
May 17, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	56 min
May 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	42 min
May 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
May 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson	3 hr
May 17, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	46 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.