Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 1990, 8:47 PM CST for Jack County, Young County, Texas. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1990, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1990, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jack County, TX, Young 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPS 070248 FFWSPS TXC237-503-070445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 847 PM CST TUE MAR 6 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...JACK COUNTY...YOUNG COUNTY AT 840 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER JACK AND YOUNG COUNTIES. THESE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVING VERY HEAVY RAINS SINCE JUST A LITTLE AFTER 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING IN THESE COUNTIES AND ARE TRACKING ESSENTIALLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RAINS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING IN THEIR AREAS AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. 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, Mar 6, 5:49 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ021-025-026-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 545 PM CST TUE MAR 6 1990 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...MOVING OVER THE WEST AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED DEVELOPING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO NORTH TO NEAR ALBANY...AND NORTHEASTWARD TO GRAHAM AND JACKSBORO. SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 8:25 PM CST, 22 minutes before
TXZ021-025-026-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 825 PM CST TUE MAR 6 1990 AT 820 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH OF ABILENE TO GRAHAM TO NEAR MONTAGUE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 2:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 6:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 12:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 12:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 56 min |
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.