Flash Flood Warning 149, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 3, 1990, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1990, 10:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hunt County, TX, Rains 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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TXC231-379-387-031445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
549 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
 
   ...HUNT COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...RAINS COUNTY...RED RIVER COUNTY
 
WIDESPREAD RAINS...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY FROM SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...COUNTIUE OVER THESE COUNTIES AND THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN RED
RIVER COUNTY REPORTS THAT HIGHWAYS 37N AND 2283 NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE
HAVE FLOODED. IN HUNT COUNTY THE SHERIFFS OIFFICE REPORTED THAT
NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE SOUTH HALF OF THE COUNTY HAVE FLOODED. IN
RAINS COUNTY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FARM ROADS 275 AND 514 PLUS
SEVERAL SMALLER ROADS HAVE FLOODED.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

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.