Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 1990, 2:00 AM CST for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1990, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1990, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Parker 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 KFTW 070804 FFWFTW TXC367-071200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 200 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...PARKER COUNTY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING PARKER COUNTY DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN THAT IS CAUSING SOME CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. POLICE REPORTS INDICATED THAT CREEKS NEAR SPRINGTOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 51 HAVE FLOODED ON TO THE ROADWAY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING SO THE POSSIBLY OF MORE FLOODING EXIST. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, 8:25 PM CST, 5 hours 35 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 9:08 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ021-025-026-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 905 PM CST TUE MAR 6 1990 AT 900 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN A LINE ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BAIRD TO BRECKENRIDGE ...TO JACKSBORO AND 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 LIGHTN9ING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:50 AM CST, 10 minutes before
TXZ031-037-070900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 145 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 140 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH IMBEDDED MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HAMILTON AND MILLS COUNTIES. WITH THE OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS IS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE RAINS COUPLED WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONES AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORIST SHOULD APPROACH THESE PROBLEM AREAS WITH CAUTION AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:57 AM CST, 3 minutes before
TXZ031-037-070900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 145 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 140 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH IMBEDDED MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HAMILTON AND MILLS COUNTIES. WITH THE PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS IS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE RAINS COUPLED WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONES AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORIST SHOULD APPROACH THESE PROBLEM AREAS WITH CAUTION AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
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 6, 8:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 118 min |
| 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.