Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 191, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 1990, 7:47 AM CDT for Anderson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 1990, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1990, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 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 211249 FFWFTW TXC001-211645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 747 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...ANDERSON COUNTY AT 740 AM CDT THE PALESTINE POLICE AND A LOCAL RADIO STATION REPORTED EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN THE PALESTINE AREA. THE LAKE BY LACK STREET WAS OVERFLOWING INTO THE STREET AND BARRICADES HAD BEEN SET UP. IN SOME LOCATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES OF WATER WAS STANIND IN STREETS. THE RUNOFF WAS RAPIDLY ACCULULATING IN CREEKS AND STREAMS AND THERE IS A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THIS RUNOFF. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 DURIN>G THREATENING RAI
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, Oct 21, 1:47 AM CDT, 6 hours before
TXZ022-023-026>033-210745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 145 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 AT 145 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH STRETCHED THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR PARIS TO WACO TO SAN SABA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE FRONT FROM NORTHEAST OF PARIS TO GREENVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS... AND THE FRONT... WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING A LITTLE IN INTENSITY SINCE 130 AM BUT THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY... GUSTY WINDS. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS BY TUNING IN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 1:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ022-023-026>033-210745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO LINE 2 PARAGRAPH 2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 145 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 AT 145 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH STRETCHED THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR PARIS TO WACO TO SAN SABA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE FRONT FROM NORTHEAST OF PARIS TO GREENVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS... AND THE FRONT... WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING A LITTLE IN INTENSITY SINCE 130 AM BUT THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS BY TUNING IN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 3:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-210930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 310 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 3:05 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN...FROM NORTH OF TYLER...TO GROESBECK...TO ROSEBUD...AND WESTWARD TO FREDERICKSBURG IN THE HILL COUNTRY. THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS OVER SOUTHEAST MCLENNAN...SOUTHEAST HILL...AND NORTHERN FALLS COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. < <FURTHER NORTH...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BROWNWOOD...TO MINERAL WELLS...TO JACKSBORO. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING THE MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTY AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 4:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-211100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 435 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRAZOS...MADISON...AND ROBERTSON... AT 4:25 AM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...FROM THE HILL COUNTRY WEST OF AUSTIN TO BRADY... EASTWARD ACROSS CORYELL...BELL...FALLS...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES TO BEYOND TYLER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...WHILE THE OVERALL AREA MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN CORYELL AND BELL COUNTIES IN THE VICINITY OF COPPERAS COVE AND KILLEEN. THE FORT HOOD WEATHER STATION IS REPORTING GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES. < <ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HICO TO BOWIE. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WILL BE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF BOSQUE COUNTY SHORTLY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE LARGER AND STRONGER STORMS DURING THE[ NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 6:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-211230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 610 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRAZOS...MADISON...AND ROBERTSON... AT 6:00 AM RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH LIGHT RAIN FROM MASON IN THE HILL COUNTRY TO BRECKENRIDGE... AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE WACO AREA TO A TYLER/COLLEGE STATION/LA GRANGE LINE. THE PRECIPITATION AREA HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE DURING THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...AND THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN THE IMMEDIATE WACO AREA. THESE STORMS MOVED ACROSS FORT HOOD EARLIER DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. IN ADDITION...SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR <ALONG WITH PONDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 7:31 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-211430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 725 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRAZOS...MADISON...AND ROBERTSON... AT 7:20 AM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST WITH THE OVERALL AREA SPREADING OUTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. INTENSITIES HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING ONE INCH HAVE BEEN RECIEVED WHILE NEARLY TWO INCHES FELL ON THE FORT HOOD RESERVATION. SOME OF THE LARGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... <DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY AL%SO OCCUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 116 min |
Nearby
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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.