Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 110, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 3:19 PM CDT for Johnson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- 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 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 022022 FFWFTW TXC251-030015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 319 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 315 PM JOHNSON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN FLOODED THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE WATER HAS BEEN RECEDING...SOME ROADS REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFERNOON AND EVENING...WITH RAIN QUICKLY DRAINING INTO FLOODED AREAS. DO NbOT 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
Local storm report, May 2, 9:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 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, 5 hours 33 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, 4 hours 51 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
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ031-037-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1235 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 1230 PM CDT LIGHT SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. OTHERWISE...RAIN AND SHOWERS EXTENDED NORTH OF A DALLAS/FORT WORTH... STEPHENVILLE LINE...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING OF ALREADY SWOLEN STREAMS AND RIVERS..AND ALSO FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO+ FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. 08
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 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. 08
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:32 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
TXZ031-037-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 235 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 230 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY SCATTERED NORTH OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO MINERAL WELLS. 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. 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, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 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, 3:28 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 |
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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.