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Flash Flood Warning 139, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 3, 1990Hopkins County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1990, 1:20 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1990, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1990, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hopkins 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

Special weather statement, May 2, 7:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 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, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood60 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young4 hr
May 2, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Hamilton4 hr
May 2, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Somervell4 hr
May 2, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant4 hr
May 2, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant64 min
May 2, 7:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
May 2, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson4 hr
May 2, 9:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor3 hr
May 2, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 2, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens115 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche4 hr
May 2, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin62 min
May 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque65 min
May 2, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young4 hr
May 2, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin68 min
May 2, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell65 min
May 2, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill59 min
May 2, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton4 hr
May 2, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant4 hr
May 2, 11:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
May 2, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis56 min
May 2, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell60 min
May 2, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 2, 11:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar69 min
May 3, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan65 min
May 3, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman43 min
May 3, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall3 hr
May 3, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr
May 3, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell60 min
May 3, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Fannin3 hr
May 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan55 min
May 3, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar45 min
May 3, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell4 hr
May 3, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell4 hr
May 3, 2:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, McLennan4 hr
May 3, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRed River3 hr
May 3, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 hr
May 3, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson6 hr
May 3, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman6 hr
May 3, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin6 hr
May 3, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins6 hr
May 3, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rains4 hr
May 3, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRed River4 hr
May 3, 6:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan3 hr
May 3, 6:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 3, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone4 hr
May 3, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis4 hr
May 3, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro4 hr
May 3, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt4 hr
May 3, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman4 hr
May 3, 2:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Wood4 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.