Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 18, 1990, 1:13 AM CST for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1990, 1:13 AM CST (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1990, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 180715
FFWFTW
TXC073-181115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
113 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...CHEROKEE
AT 1 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUING IN PARTS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATE ESTIMATES BASED
ON RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATED RATES OF MORE THAN AN INCH AN HOUR
WERE FALLING. THE RAINS SHOULD INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. LATEST RAINFALL RATES WERE PROBABLY SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING OF SOME OF THE SMALL STREAMS IN THE COUNTY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.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, Jan 17, 7:18 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ019>033-172115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 715 PM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS EXPIRED. AT 710 PM CDT...SCATTERD SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS...HOWEVER MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD DISSIPATED OR MOVED OUT OF THE STATE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL REMAINING WAS IN A NARROW BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR CROCKETT TO RUSK TO LONGVIEW. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED THREE INCHES IN SOME AREAS IN EAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE DISSIPATED OR MOVED OFF TO THE EAST...SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW PLACES IS STILL POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO TRY AND CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REMEMBER HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY BE HARD TO DETECT AT NIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP AND THREATEN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS AGAIN. STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS BY TUNING IN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 7:33 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
-TXZ-031-037-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 730 PM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED AT 7 PM CST AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS... AT 725 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LEON COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF LEON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...NO PRECIPITATION IS INDICATED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT UNTIL PRECIPITATION REDEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 7:36 PM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ019>033-180600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 740 PM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 730 PM THIS EVENING...DENSE FOG WAS FORMING IN RAIN COOLED AIR OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FOG HAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/16 OF A MILE OR LESS IN AN AREA FROM NEAR DALLAS...NORTHEAST TO BONHAM AND PARIS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX NORTHEAST TO BONHAM AND PARIS. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. TRAVEL IN THIS AREA IS VERY HAZARDOUS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE THEIR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN DENSE FOG. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 1:13 AM CST, 0 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-028-030-031-032-033-181500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 130 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY AREA EXPANDED FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 100 AM THIS MORNING...DENSE FOG WAS FORMING IN RAIN COOLED AIR OVER PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FOG HAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/8 OF A MILE AT DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND CONTINUED TO SPREAD OVER A LARGER AREA THIS MORNING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSEVILLE TO BROWNWOOD AND WILL BE BORDERED BY THE RED RIVER ON THE NORTH AND EXTEND INTO NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY INCLUDES MOST MAJOR CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. TRAVEL IN THIS AREA IS VERY HAZARDOUS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE THEIR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN DENSE FOG. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITONAL INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 5:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon | 4 hr |
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.