Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1990, 2:55 AM CST for Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1990, 2:55 AM CST (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1990, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rains 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 469 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 562 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 080858 FFWFTW TXC379-081100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 255 AM CST THU MAR 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...RAINS COUNTY THE RAINS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS FLOODING ON SEVERAL ROADWAYS WITH WATER AS HIGH AS THE HOODS OF CARS. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF RAINS COUNTY...THE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT IS NOW CAUSING SOME FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, Mar 7, 9:09 PM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ031-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 907 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 AT 905 PM CST AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY FROMr BELLMEAD TO NORTH OF MART. NO MOVEMENT DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS. 05
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:28 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ031-037-080630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1126 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 AT 1124 PM CST SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM EAST OF ITASCA TO CALVERT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS. 05
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:40 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ031-080745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1237 AM CST THU MAR 8 1990 AT 12:30 AM CST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM BETWEEN KILLEEN AND TEMPLE IN BELL COUNTY... ACROSS FALLS COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY...AND NORTHEASTWARD TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED GRADUALLY IN COVERAGE DURING THE PAST HOURh. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 1:46 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ031-037-080900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 140 AM CST THU MAR 8 1990 AT 1:35 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE SLOWLY IN NUMBER OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND BEGINNING TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM KILLEEN AND HEARNE...NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS BEYOND SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN PORTIONS OF BELL...FALLS... AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES SHORTLY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Red River | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Franklin, Titus | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Morris | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Red River | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Wood | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur | 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.