Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 5:59 PM CDT for Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Taylor 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
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, 12:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 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, 4 hours 21 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, 3 hours 27 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, 2 hours 32 minutes 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
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:53 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ031-037-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 549 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT... AT 540 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN AN AREA FROM NORTH OF FORT WORTH TO SOUTHWEST OF SAN SABA. OTHER LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF HILLL...LIMESTONE...LEON ...ROBERTSON...MADISON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WITH THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUNDS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL iRADIO OR T.V. STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS THAT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.06
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, 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 | 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.