Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 18, 1990, 5:47 AM CST for Anderson County, Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1990, 5:47 AM CST (11:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1990, 8:40 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, TX, 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 181148
FFWFTW
TXC001-073-181545-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
547 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...SOUTHERN ANDERSON...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE
AT 545 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON AND
CHEROKEE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME
AREA THAT WAS FLOODED EARLIER THIS MORNING. AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY
THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED.
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.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, Jan 18, 1:13 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-028-030-031-032-033-181500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 130 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY AREA EXPANDED FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 100 AM THIS MORNING...DENSE FOG WAS FORMING IN RAIN COOLED AIR OVER PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FOG HAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/8 OF A MILE AT DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND CONTINUED TO SPREAD OVER A LARGER AREA THIS MORNING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINSEVILLE TO BROWNWOOD AND WILL BE BORDERED BY THE RED RIVER ON THE NORTH AND EXTEND INTO NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY INCLUDES MOST MAJOR CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. TRAVEL IN THIS AREA IS VERY HAZARDOUS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE THEIR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN DENSE FOG. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITONAL INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 4:28 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ031-037-181130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 430 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THROUGH SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL TEXAS... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR AUSTIN...NORTHEAST... THROUGH TEMPLE AND MEXIA...AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 4:48 AM CST, 59 minutes before
TXZ020-021-022-023-025-026-027-028-031-032-033-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY AREA EXPANDED FOR PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 430 AM THIS MORNING...DENSE FOG WAS FORMING IN RAIN COOLED AIR OVER PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE FOG HAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/8 OF A MILE AT DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND CONTINUED TO SPREAD OVER A LARGER AREA. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO BROWNWOOD TO KILLEEN BORDERED BY THE RED RIVER ON THE NORTH AND EXTENDING INTO NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY INCLUDES MOST MAJOR CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. TRAVEL IN THIS AREA IS VERY HAZARDOUS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE THEIR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING IN DENSE FOG...ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR AND REDUCE MOTOR VEHICLE SPEED WHILE IN THE FOG. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 5:25 AM CST, 22 minutes before
TXZ031-037-181230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 525 AM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR AUSTIN...NORTHEAST... THROUGH HEARNE...IN ROBERTSON COUNTY...AND ON THROUGH CENTERVILLE...IN LEON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 1:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon | 4 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.