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Flash Flood Warning 176, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 31, 1990Cherokee County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1990, 2:57 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1990, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1990, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2910 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 31, 10:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ019>033-011200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
1215 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE RISK AREA IS
GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CHILDRESS TO TEMPLE.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING
WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL TORNADOES.

A WARM FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FROM SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS
TO PARIS AND INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR SHREVEPORT.  MEANWHILE...
A COLD UPPER LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WAS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES.  THIS UPPER LOW WILL EJECT A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS... THE FIRST OF WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH DEWPOINTS IN
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S.  THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED
INDICES FROM MINUS 8 TO MINUS 10.  AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD FURTHER
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.

THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY OCCURRING IN EASTERN NORTH TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-311900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
105 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
BRAZOS...MADISON...ROBERSTON AND THE EASTERN HALF OF LEON COUNTIES...

AT 100 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON TO 15 MILES NORTH OF
COLLEGE STATION.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE...5 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO AND 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN OVER LIMESTONE COUNTY 20 MILES WEST OF GROESBECK AND 10 MILES
NORTH OF MEXIA AND OVER HILL COUNTY NORTH OF HUBBARD

ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EAST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR WAXAHACHIE TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISONVILLE.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
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PERSONS IN LEON...BRAZOS...MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND FLASH FLOODING.  BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WhEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:22 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-312015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
218 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BRAZOS...ROBERTSON...MADISON
AND THE EASTER HALF OF LEON CONTIES...

AT 215 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ROSEBUD TO EAST OF GROESBECK TO WEST
OF CORSICANA.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME WESTERO LEON COUNTY
20 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE AND OVER EXTREME EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEXIA.  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING OVER
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FALLS COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARLIN.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES.

PERSONS IN BRAZOS...MADISON...ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.  BE
READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD
FLASH FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOA1A
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt66 min
May 30, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin66 min
May 30, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins49 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMadison60 min
May 30, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone60 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls41 min
May 30, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Hopkins, Wood62 min
May 30, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains60 min
May 30, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls40 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone25 min
May 30, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur, Wood69 min
May 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman63 min
May 30, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
May 30, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman2 hr
May 30, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant62 min
May 31, 12:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson4 hr
May 31, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 31, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood62 min
May 31, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis50 min
May 31, 11:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCherokee4 hr
May 31, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson4 hr
May 31, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith4 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Smith2 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis2 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee4 hr
May 31, 5:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson5 hr

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.