Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 192, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 1990, 9:04 AM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 1990, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1990, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLennan 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 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 KACT 211405 FFWACT TXC309-309-211600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 904 AM CDT SUN OCT 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CITY OF WACO COUNTY...MCLENNAN COUNTY AT 900 AM CDT A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MCLENNAN COUNTY AND THE WACO AREA. THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT 18TH STREET AND INTERSTATE 35 IN WACO. THE INTERSTATE IS BEING CLOSED UNTIL THE WATER HAS A CHANCE TO RUN OFF. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
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, 3:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 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, 4 hours 20 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, 2 hours 51 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, 1 hour 33 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.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 8:49 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-211445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 845 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 840 AM AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS EAST OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO TO BRADY TO SOUTH OF JOHNSON CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM NEAR LAMPASAS TO NEAR BURLESON AND FROM NEAR TEMPLE TO NEAR CORSICANA. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS MODERATE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CALDWELL TO BRAZOS...ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS DRIVING IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO WET ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 7:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
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.