Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Feb 1, 1990, 5:09 AM CST for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 1990, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 1990, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson 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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 011111
FFWFTW
TXC251-011515-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
509 AM CST THU FEB 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...JOHNSON
AT 505 AM... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE REPORTED HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH UP TO ONE AND A
HALF FEET OF WATER IN PARTS OF ALVAREDO. MANY ROADS IN THE COUNTY
ALREADY HAVE SOME WATER OVER THEM AND DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS ARE
FULL.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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, Feb 1, 2:23 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ021-022-025-026-027-031-032-011000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 225 AM CST THU FEB 01 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 220 AM CST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS IN AN AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO ALBANY TO WICHITA FALLS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED IN AN AREA THAT REACHED FROM GATESVILLE TO STEPHENVILLE...THROUGH THE DALLAS/ FORT WORTH METROPLEX...TO THE RED RIVER AROUND SHERMAN AND PARIS. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHACKELFORD AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES WERE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PART OF STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITES OF BRECKENRIDGE AND EASTLAND CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:17 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TXZ031-011030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 310 AM CST THU FEB 1 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 3:00 AM CST...WACO RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN HILL...BOSQUE...AND PORTIONS OF CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF CLIFTON IN BOSQUE COUNTY. WITH A MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...THIS WILL BRING THE STORM ACROSS LAKE WHITNEY INTO HILL COUNTY SHORTLY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY AND MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM DALLAS...TO WACO... TO JOHNSON CITY...AND WESTWARD BEYOND 100 MILES. < PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT PERIODS <OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNI'NG WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:31 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ021-022-025-026-027-031-032-011000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 AM CST THU FEB 01 1990 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS... AT 325 AM CST...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR HENRIETTA TO BETWEEN ARCHER CITY AND JACKSBORO...TO GRAHAM AND BRECKENRIDGE. MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ...GUSTY :SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 4:06 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ021-022-025-026-011500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 AM CST THU FEB 01 1990 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REVISED TO INCLUDE ONLY A SMALL PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL AROUND MID MORNING... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL MID MORNING. THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE...EASTLAND... COMANCHE...DENTON...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...BONHAM...PARIS...GREENVILLE ...WEATHERFORD...WAXAHACHIE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. A SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUED TO INCREASE THE MOISTURE FIELD OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...AND WAS RAISING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO NEAR TOTAL SATURATION. PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN MANY SECTIONS... AND AT TIMES...VISIBILITIES MAY EVEN REACH NEAR ZERO IN SOME PLACES. SHOWERS...LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL HELP TO MAKE ROADS SLICK CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS AND COMMUTERS MAY WANT TO LEAVE HOME A LITTLE EARLY IN CASE OF TRAFFIC DELAYS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE CAR AHEAD. TAKE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTION`S SO THAT YOU MAY REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 6:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 6:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos | 40 min |
| Feb 1, 9:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 54 min |
| Feb 1, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 69 min |
| Feb 1, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 66 min |
| Feb 1, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 66 min |
| Feb 1, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 55 min |
| Feb 1, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 55 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.