Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 3:28 PM CDT for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wichita 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 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 KSPS 022028 FFWSPS TXC009-077-237-337-485-503-030030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 328 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ARCHER COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...JACK COUNTY...MONTAGUE COUNTY ...WICHITA COUNTY...YOUNG COUNTY ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 320 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THIS PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE WICHITA FALLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE AT OR NEAR FLOOD STAGE. THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS WHEN THE RAIN WILL STOP BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND ADDITIONAL ROADS WILL BE CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MOST MAJOR ROADWAYS ACROSS THIS PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE OPEN. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING EVENT. 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 HIGoHER 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, May 2, 9:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 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, 5 hours 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 51 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 50 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, 56 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
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 minute before
TXZ031-037-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 330 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 325 PM CDT MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON..k.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, 3:19 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, 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.