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Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 8:52 PM CDT for Collin County, Fannin County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Collin County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 030156 FFWFTW TXC085-147-181-030600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 852 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COLLIN COUNTY...FANNIN COUNTY...GRAYSON COUNTY AT 850 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH GRAYSON...AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF FANNIN AND COLLIN COUNTIES. RESIDUAL HIGH WATER WAS STILL BEING REPORTED IN THESE COUNTIES...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ALL PORTIONS OF THESE THREE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DO NOT 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
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 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, 2 hours 59 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
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXZ031-037-030215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 718 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT... AT 710 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA FROM NORTH OF FORT WORTH TO GRANBURY TO HAMILTON TO SOUTHEAST OF SAN SABA. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN THE HOOD/SOMMERVILLE/HAMILTON COUNTY AREA...AND MAY AFFECT THE BOSQUE/ CORYELL COUNTY AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDER ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. OTHER LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN PARTS OF HILL...LIMESTONE...FALLS...BELL...MCLENNAN...ROBERTSON...AND LEON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CORYELL...AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DUE TO THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUND IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY...BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 2, 8:26 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ031-037-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 821 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 815 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM NORTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH TO JUST NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF BOSQUE COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT SPRINGS. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN FALLS COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF MARLIN. OTHER LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN PARTS OF BELL...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND FALLS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGER STROMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER FORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ~RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 60 min |
| May 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 64 min |
| May 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 4 hr |
| May 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 115 min |
| May 2, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 62 min |
| May 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 65 min |
| May 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 68 min |
| May 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 65 min |
| May 2, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 59 min |
| May 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 56 min |
| May 2, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 60 min |
| May 2, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Lamar | 69 min |
| May 3, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 65 min |
| May 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman | 43 min |
| May 3, 12:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 3, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 60 min |
| May 3, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Fannin | 3 hr |
| May 3, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 3 hr |
| May 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 45 min |
| May 3, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Red River | 3 hr |
| May 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| May 3, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 6 hr |
| May 3, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rains | 4 hr |
| May 3, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Red River | 4 hr |
| May 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 4 hr |
| May 3, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 4 hr |
| May 3, 9:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| May 3, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 4 hr |
| May 3, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Wood | 4 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.