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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 1990Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 11:33 AM CDT for Young County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 1990, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 1990, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Young 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 478 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 2, 7:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

TXZ031-037-021347-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
747 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 735 AM CDT AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS...WAS WEST OF A LINE...FROM AUSTIN...TO MART...TO
SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AND HEAVIER RAINFALL
AREAS WERE BETWEEN BRADY AND GATESVILLE...WEST THROUGH NORTH OF MINERAL
WELLS AND NORTH OF THE DALLAS/FT WORTH METROLPEX.

MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH ARE URGED TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION. HEAVY RAINS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRANBURY TO KAUFMAN
HAVE CAUSED DANGEROUS FLOODING IN THE DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA. MANY ROADS
ARE UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OUT OF BANKS
AND THE TRINITY RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO 10 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER
THIS MORNING.<
CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV DURING THE DAY FOR INFORMATION
ON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED...ALSO FOR HEAVY RAIN AREAS
AND FLASH FLOODING.

07

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

TXZ031-037-021500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
900 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 855 AM CDT AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER...TO WACO..TO AUSTIN.
THE MOST CONCENTRATED AND HEAVIER RAINFALL IN CENTRAL TEXAS WAS LOCATED
IN BOSQUE...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES.

MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH ARE URGED TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION. HEAVY RAINS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRANBURY TO KAUFMAN
HAVE CAUSED DANGEROUS FLOODING IN THE DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA. MANY ROADS
ARE UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OUT OF BANKS
AND THE TRINITY RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO 10 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER
THIS MORNING.<
CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADxIO AND TV DURING THE DAY FOR INFORMATION
ON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED...ALSO FOR HEAVY RAIN AREAS
AND FLASH FLOODING.

08

Local storm report, May 2, 9:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...REPORTS FROM EVENING OF MAY 1 AND MORNING OF MAY 2...

  TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

   MAY 1

1117 PM CDT     HOOD         HIGHWAY 4 FLOODED BETWEEN LIPAN AND
                             GRANBURY.

1120 PM CDT     EASTLAND     WATER OVER SEVERAL HIGHWAYS.

1125 PM CDT     TARRANT      SOME FLOODING OF HOMES IN WEDGEWOOD
                             SECTION OF FT WORTH.  4.4 INCHES OF
                             RAIN MEASURED IN TWO HOURS.

1127 PM CDT     TARRANT      WEDGEWOOD AND TCU AREAS OF FT WORTH HAVE
                             STREET FLOODING WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
                             CARS... REPORTED BY FT WORTH FIRE DEPT.

1143 PM CDT     DALLAS       STREET FLOODING IN NORTH DALLAS WITH
PEOPLE
                             TRAPPED IN  CARS... FROM DALLAS FIRE
DEPT.

   MAY 2

125 AM CDT      DALLAS       5 HOMES FLOODED IN NW GRAND PRAIRIE
                             ALONG JOHNSON CREEK.  30 HOMES FLOODED
                             ALONG TRINITY RIVER.

210 AM CDT      ANDERSON     FLOODING IN THE MONTALBA AREA NORTH OF
                             PALESTINE.

221 AM CDT      JOHNSON      SHERIFF REPORTS 21 ROADS UNDER WATER.

253 AM CDT      HOPKINS      LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN SULPHUR
                             SPRINGS.
1200 AM TO
300 AM CDT      TARRANT      TWO FATALITIES IN THE POLY SECTION OF
                             FT WORTH WHEN PICKUP TRUCK WENT INTO
                             FLOOD WATERS.

555 AM CDT      PALO PINTO   SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN SOUTHERN PART
                             OF COUNTY.  SOME EVACUATIONS TAKING
PLACE.

614 AM CDT      KAUFMAN      INTERSTATE 20 AT TERRELL HAS WATER OVER
                             THE ROAD.

615 AM CDT      VAN ZANDT    HIGHWAY 80 AT GRAND SALINE UNDER WATER.
                             OTHER ROADS FLOODED IN COUNTY.

Local storm report, May 2, 9:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...REPORTS FROM EVENING OF MAY 1 AND MORNING OF MAY 2...

  TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

   MAY 1

1117 PM CDT     HOOD         HIGHWAY 4 FLOODED BETWEEN LIPAN AND
                             GRANBURY.

1120 PM CDT     EASTLAND     WATER OVER SEVERAL HIGHWAYS.

1125 PM CDT     TARRANT      SOME FLOODING OF HOMES IN WEDGEWOOD
                             SECTION OF FT WORTH.  4.4 INCHES OF
                             RAIN MEASURED IN TWO HOURS.

1127 PM CDT     TARRANT      WEDGEWOOD AND TCU AREAS OF FT WORTH HAVE
                             STREET FLOODING WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
                             CARS... REPORTED BY FT WORTH FIRE DEPT.

1143 PM CDT     DALLAS       STREET FLOODING IN NORTH DALLAS WITH PEOPLE
                             TRAPPED IN  CARS... FROM DALLAS FIRE
                             DEPT.

   MAY 2

125 AM CDT      DALLAS       5 HOMES FLOODED IN NW GRAND PRAIRIE
                             ALONG JOHNSON CREEK.  30 HOMES FLOODED
                             ALONG TRINITY RIVER.

210 AM CDT      ANDERSON     FLOODING IN THE MONTALBA AREA NORTH OF
                             PALESTINE.

221 AM CDT      JOHNSON      SHERIFF REPORTS 21 ROADS UNDER WATER.

253 AM CDT      HOPKINS      LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN SULPHUR
                             SPRINGS.
1200 AM TO
300 AM CDT      TARRANT      TWO FATALITIES IN THE POLY SECTION OF
                             FT WORTH WHEN PICKUP TRUCK WENT INTO
                             FLOOD WATERS.

555 AM CDT      PALO PINTO   SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN SOUTHERN PART
                             OF COUNTY.  SOME EVACUATIONS TAKING
PLACE.

614 AM CDT      KAUFMAN      INTERSTATE 20 AT TERRELL HAS WATER OVER
                             THE ROAD.

615 AM CDT      VAN ZANDT    HIGHWAY 80 AT GRAND SALINE UNDER WATER.
                             OTHER ROADS FLOODED IN COUNTY.

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

TXZ031-037-021545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
940 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 935 AM CDT AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER...TO WACO..TO
SAN SABA. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AND HEAVIER RAINFALL IN CENTRAL TEXAS
WAS LOCATED IN BOSQUE...AND HILL COUNTIES.

ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM WACO...
SOUTHEAST...TO NEAR BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH THE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER ADVISORIES.

08

Special weather statement, May 2, 10:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

TXZ031-037-021630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1030 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1025 AM CDT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS SCATTERED THROUGH NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...EXTENDING NORTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER...TO WACO..TO
SAN SABA.

ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM WACO...
SOUTHEAST...TO NEAR BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH THE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO FLOODING
OF ROADWAYS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RA)DIO FOR FURTHER ADVISORIES.

08

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 10:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant	4 hr
May 1, 10:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Comanche, Eastland, Erath	4 hr
May 1, 11:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	4 hr
May 1, 11:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Anderson, Freestone, Henderson	4 hr
May 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Collin, Hunt, Rockwall	4 hr
May 2, 1:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hopkins, Rains	4 hr
May 2, 1:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Delta, Lamar	4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hood, Johnson	4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Ellis	4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt, Wood	4 hr
May 2, 6:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	4 hr
May 2, 6:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas, Parker, Tarrant	4 hr
May 2, 6:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Kaufman	4 hr
May 2, 11:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Wichita	4 hr
May 2, 12:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	3 hr
May 2, 1:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	4 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	4 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Cooke	4 hr
May 2, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Taylor	3 hr
May 2, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Shackelford	3 hr
May 2, 3:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Johnson	4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Archer, Jack, Young	4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Clay, Montague	4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Wichita	4 hr
May 2, 5:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto, Parker	4 hr
May 2, 5:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Stephens	4 hr
May 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Taylor	3 hr
May 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Shackelford	3 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.