Flash Flood Warning 147, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 3, 1990, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1990, 10:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Fannin County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TXC147-257-223-031515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
412 AM CDT THU MAY 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...FANNIN COUNTY...KAUFMAN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY
 
RAIN WILL CONTIUE OVER MUCH OF EAST TDXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
ADDING FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. LOCAL OFFICIALS
IN FANNIN COUNTY REPORT THE HIGHWAY 82 EAST OF BONHAM AND HIGHWAY 87
SOUTH IN BONHAM ARE FLOODED. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT NUMEROUS FARM ROADS
AND LOW WATER CROSSING IN THE COUNTY. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN HOPKINS
AND KAUFMAN COUNTIES ALSO REPORT THAT NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSING AND
CITY STREETS THAT NORMALLY DO NOT FLOOD ARE BEGINING TO FLOOD.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.

In the hours 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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.