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Flash Flood Warning 166, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 12, 1990Cherokee County, Smith County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 1990, 9:13 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 1990, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 1990, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Smith 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 121416
FFWFTW
TXC073-423-121815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
913 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 905 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS OVER SMITH...EASTERN HENDERSON...CHEROKEE AND ANDERSON
COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE
HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO BE CONCENTRATED OVER THESE
COUNTIES.
 
INITIAL REPORTS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN SMITH
COUNTY BETWEEN 800 AND 900 AM THUS INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLASH
FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING TO
THE WEST OF SMITH COUNTY AND SHOULD MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA WHICH
RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER.
 
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE IN THE NORTHEN PARTS OF THE COUNTY
WHERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS.
 
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.

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 12, 3:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

TXZ019-033-121000-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  WATCH IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL  10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR
THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST  PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.  SOME  OF  THE CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE  WATCH ARE CORSICANA...ATHENS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...FAIRFIELD
...PALESTINE...AND RUSK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS
IN AND CLOSE TO THE  WATCH AREA THAT MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.   PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFETY ACTIONS IMMEDIATELY. ALSO
...LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN REDEFINED TO INCLUDE THAT
PART OF NORTH TEXAS EAST  AND NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE...BELTON...LUFKIN LINE.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED TO UPDATE TfHESE WEATHER EVENTS.

Local storm report, May 12, 5:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
545 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

  TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

500 AM CDT      FREESTONE    STRONG WINDS UPROOTED TREES...DAMAGED
                             ROOFS...AND OVERTURNED MOBILE HOMES ON
                             THE EAST SIDE OF TEAGUE.

Local storm report, May 12, 7:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM THIS MORNING...

  TIME OF
 OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                     EVENT

550 AM CDT      ANDERSON     SEVERAL METAL SHEDS BLOWN OVER IN
                             PALESTINE BY STRONG WINDS

610 AM CDT      ANDERSON     ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE...TRAILER AND A
                             FRAME HOUSE BLOWN OFF FOUNDATIONS
                             1/2 MILE EAST OF SLOCUM (REPORTED AS
                             POSSIBLE TORNADO BY ANDERSON COUNTY
                             SHERIFF`S OFFICE)

610 AM CDT      CHEROKEE     TREES BLOWN DOWN SEVERAL MILES NORTH
                             OF JACKSONVILLE

Special weather statement, May 12, 7:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

TXZ019>033-121400-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
710 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 7 AM CDT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS  HAVE WEAKENED  SLIGHTLY AND WERE MOVING EAST AT OVER 50 MILES
AN HOUR AND OUT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL  10  AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR
THE SOUTH CENTRAL  AND SOUTHEAST  PARTS OF  NORTH TEXAS.  SOME OF THE CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE  WATCH ARE CORSICANA...ATHENS...TYLER...LONGVIEW...FAIRFIELD
...PALESTINE...AND RUSK.

ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE  SOUTHEAST  SECTOR OF  NORTH
TEXAS TODAY. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY  EAST AND NORTH OF A CLARKSVILLE...
BELTON...LUFKIN LINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS
IN AND CLOSE TO THE  WATCH AREA THAT MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

A FLASH FLOOD  WATCH  MEANS THAT THE  THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN THE
INDICATED AREA.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND  STAY
PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTIONS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS...
POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND UPDATES ON THESE WEATHER EVENTS.

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

TXZ031-037-121400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
802 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
815 AM CDT.

AT 801 AM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS STRETCHED FROM ROGERS TO MEXIA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Shackelford	60 min
May 11, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	65 min
May 11, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Throckmorton	64 min
May 11, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	67 min
May 11, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Comanche	57 min
May 11, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Erath	63 min
May 11, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	58 min
May 11, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hood, Somervell	64 min
May 11, 9:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Hood	2 hr
May 11, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	43 min
May 11, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson, Tarrant	58 min
May 11, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Coryell	69 min
May 11, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	52 min
May 12, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	41 min
May 12, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell	28 min
May 12, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	47 min
May 12, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	64 min
May 12, 5:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Coryell	3 hr
May 12, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson	67 min
May 12, 5:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cherokee	61 min
May 12, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill	34 min
May 12, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Navarro	4 hr
May 12, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wood	33 min
May 12, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Smith	48 min
May 12, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cherokee	45 min

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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.