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Flash Flood Warning 183, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 24, 1990Somervell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1990, 6:29 AM CDT for Somervell County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1990, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1990, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Somervell 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 241131
FFWFTW
TXC425-241530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
629 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOMERVELL COUNTY
 
AT 630 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTSORM CONTINUED OVER THE GRANBURY AREA
AND MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF HOOD COUNTY. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURING IN THE CITY OF GRANDBURY ABD
THAT SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IN AND AROUND GRANBURY WERE GOING UNDER
WATER. THIS THUNDERSTROM HAS PRODUCED GOLD BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE
GRANBURY AREA.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY IN9SIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, Jun 24, 2:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ020-021-022-026-240800-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COOKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 245 AM CDT...

AT 245 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF COOKE AND
WISE COUNTIES  AND THE  NORTHWEST PART OF DENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

AT THIS RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE  STORMS WILL ENTER THE NORTH9ERN PART OF THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH MEXTROPLEX SHORTLY AFTER 3 AM.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE  ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND
ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HAIL.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ020-021-022-026-240900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COOKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 245 AM CDT...

AT 245 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF COOKE AND
WISE COUNTIES  AND THE  NORTHWEST PART OF DENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

AT THIS RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE  STORMS WILL ENTER THE =NORTHERN PART OF THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH MEXTROPLEX SHORTLY AFTER 3 AM.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE  ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND
ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME HAIL.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ031-241103-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
503 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...MOVING INTO NORTH
   PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 455 AM CDT AN AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERD THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM GLEN ROSE...TO JUST NORTH
OF GRANDVIEW TO NEAR ENNIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT
THEY WILL BE ENTERING THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF BOSQUE COUNTY
AND THE NORTH PORTIONS OF HILL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST BOSQUE AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVED
INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER IN THE MORNING.
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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS
SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:06 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
TXZ031-241205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
604 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY INTO CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 545 AM CDT WACO RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...NORTH OF A LINE...FROM
WALNUT SPRINGS...TO HILLSBORO...TO CORSICANA. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
INDICATED OVER THE NORTH PART OF LAKE WHITNEY AND BETWEEN ITASCA AND
CORSICANA.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN BOSQUE AND HILL CIUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINS
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THE
CITY OF WEATHERFORD...DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES.

ALSO...BOATERS ON LAKE WHITNEY ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT
VENTURE ONTO THE LAKE AND BE CAUGHT IN OPEN WATER. THESE STORMS STILL<
EXTEND WELL INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH IN A
SERIES OF STORMS.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION AS THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40
MILES AN HOUR...AND VISIBILITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY AS A STORM MOVES
THROUGH.

RESIDENTS IN MCLENNAN COUNTY CAN EXPECT THE LEADING EDGE TO ENTER MCLENNAN
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS
SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague56 min
Jun 24, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke54 min
Jun 24, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague60 min
Jun 24, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
Jun 24, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke47 min
Jun 24, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise57 min
Jun 24, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker58 min
Jun 24, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell62 min
Jun 24, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton69 min
Jun 24, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker58 min
Jun 24, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell77 min
Jun 24, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 24, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 24, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell66 min
Jun 24, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise66 min
Jun 24, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise65 min
Jun 24, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell61 min
Jun 24, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker61 min
Jun 24, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque41 min
Jun 24, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood62 min
Jun 24, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell61 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.