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Flash Flood Warning 105, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 1990Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 1:38 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 1990, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker 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

Local storm report, May 2, 9:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 9:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 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, 3 hours 52 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.

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Special weather statement, May 2, 10:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 1:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ031-037-021930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
135 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

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

AT 130 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY SCATTERED
NORTH OF A LINE FROM DALLAS...SOUTHWEST...TO EASTLAND.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS
AFTERNOON HEATING WARMS THE AIR.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant4 hr
May 1, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath4 hr
May 1, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 1, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone, Henderson4 hr
May 2, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall4 hr
May 2, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Rains4 hr
May 2, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt, Wood4 hr
May 2, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto4 hr
May 2, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Parker, Tarrant4 hr
May 2, 6:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman4 hr
May 2, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung4 hr
May 2, 12:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens4 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 2, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor3 hr
May 2, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDShackelford3 hr
May 2, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Jack, Young4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay, Montague4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker4 hr
May 2, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens4 hr
May 2, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor3 hr
May 2, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDShackelford3 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.