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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1990, 9:47 AM CST for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 1990, 9:47 AM CST (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1990, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Archer County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPS 111548 RRA FFWSPS TXC009-111845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 947 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ARCHER COUNTY AT 945 AM VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING AND REPORTED BY THE ARCHER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT. WATER WAS ACROSS HIWAY 210 BETWEEN MEGARGEL AND ARCHER CITY AND WAS ABOUT TO CROSS HIWAY 114 BETWEEN MEGARGELEL AND OLNEY. VEY HEAY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. 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. 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, Mar 11, 6:40 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ031-111340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 383 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 626 AM CST A WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS WEST OF A LINE...FROM DALLAS...TO VALLEY MILLS...TO GEORGETOWN. ALSO...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CORYELL AND WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN CORYELL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER TWO INCHES BACK TO THE WEST AS THEY MOVED THROUGH ADJACENT COUNTIES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER. IF TRAVELING IS NECESSARY THIS MORNING BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS... HOWEVER...HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE SPREADING INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. 07
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:46 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
TXZ031-111340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME IN HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 633 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 626 AM CST A WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS WEST OF A LINE...FROM DALLAS...TO VALLEY MILLS...TO GEORGETOWN. ALSO...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CORYELL AND WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN CORYELL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER TWO INCHES BACK TO THE WEST AS THEY MOVED THROUGH ADJACENT COUNTIES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER. IF TRAVELING IS NECESSARY THIS MORNING BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND KNOWN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS... HOWEVER...HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE SPREADING INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. 07
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:54 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ031-111500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 752 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY... AT 750 AM CST A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ITASCA AND HILLSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... COVERED AN AREA FROM HILLSBORO TO WACO...TO COPPERAS COVE...TO WALNUT SPRINGS. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...AND DRIVING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING..FLOOD/ PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 8:29 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TXZ031-037-111530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 827 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 825 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE SCATTERED THROUGH MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR...WITH THE AREA DRIFTING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODINrG OF ROADWAYS..LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SMALL STREAMS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 8:42 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ026-111440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 840 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LONGVIEW HAS INDICATED THAT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DALLAS COUNTY AROUND 850 AM AND COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH FLASH FLOODS. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS...EASTERN ELLIS...AND WESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IN THE NEXT HOUR. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR...REMAIN CALM AND GET TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR FAST MOVING STREAMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 9:28 AM CST, 19 minutes before
TXZ031-037-111630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 926 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 925 AM CST MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING ...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORIST SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 66 min |
| Mar 11, 7:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 117 min |
| Mar 11, 7:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 117 min |
| Mar 11, 8:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 9:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 12:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 53 min |
| Mar 11, 2:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hamilton | 63 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.