Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 145, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1990, 3:43 AM CDT for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1990, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1990, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 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 KFTW 030846 FFWFTW TXC181-031445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 343 AM CDT THU MAY 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...GRAYSON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN SHERMAN REPORT THAT FLASH FLOODING CONTIUNES OVER MANY PARTS OF GRAYSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SECTION. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAM AND CREEKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS_ AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, 9:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ031-037-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 945 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE... CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 940 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEBURNE ACROSS THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO NEAR SHERMAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN CLEBURNE AND MANSFIELD. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF SAN SABA TO 20 MILES WEST OF JACKSBORO. < MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 3, 1:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ019>033-030800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 135 AM CDT THU MAY 03 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED WEST OF A BONHAM-ROCKWALL-WAXAHACHIE-HILLSBORO LINE... ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS TIL 7 AM... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ...SHERMAN/BONHAM...AND DENTON AREAS. FURTHER EAST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARIS TO CANTON AND CORSICANA. THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT CONTINUES TO BE FLASH FLOODING...WITH A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE PARIS-CANTON-CORSICANA LINE. A FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING REMAINING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AT 145 AM CDT.
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, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson | 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, 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 |
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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.