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Flash Flood Warning 183, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
- 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
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. < STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. 07
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. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 69 min |
| Jun 24, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 77 min |
| Jun 24, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.