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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 11, 1990Denton County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1990, 2:54 PM CST for Denton County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 1990, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 1990, 7:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Denton County, TX, Tarrant 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 KFTW 112055
FFWFTW
TXC121-221-367-439-120100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
254 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...DENTON COUNTY...HOOD COUNTY...PARKER COUNTY...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM... RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM
DENTON TO DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH SOUTHWEST TO GRANBURY AND STEPHENVILLE.
THESE RAINS WILL BE FALLING OVER GROUND THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING... THUS FLOODING IS LIKLEY OVER THE AREA.
 
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 DURING THREATENING RAINS.

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, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ031-111845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1139 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...
AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 300 PM CST...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 1130 AM CST MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM
NEAR HILLSBORO...SOUTH...THROUGH WACO TO BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...
MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 75 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WACO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MILE AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS...AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE
SEEN OR REPORTED. ALSO PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...
AND LIVING IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE TO THE
STRONG POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 12:42 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ031-111945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1241 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR BOSQUE...HILL
...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 1237 PM CST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 70 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WACO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS SCATTERED FROM MEXIA...SOUTH...
THROUGH BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER WHEN THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. ALSO WITH THESE STORMS IS THE STRONG PROBABILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING.

KEEP TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 1:34 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ031-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
133 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL AND
MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 300 PM CST...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...

AT 125 PM CST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 60 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WACO...DROPPING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHERWISE...LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED IN THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION..LEON
COUNTY AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO FLASH FLOODING IS HIGHLY
PROBABLE WITH THESE STORMS.N

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 1:59 PM CST, 55 minutes before
TXZ031-112100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
158 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR BELL..BOSQUE..
CORYELL..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...

AT 155 PM CST A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ABOUT
60 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO...MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED IN BRAZOS AND LEON
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP CURRENT  WITH LOCAL WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA|. ALSO FLOODING IS HIGHLY PROBABLE WITH THESE
STRONG STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 2:25 PM CST, 29 minutes before
TXZ019>033-112130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
225 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAS BEEN REDEFINED IN AREA
AND EXTENDED IN TIME. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
WEST OF A PARIS-WACO LINE AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE-BROWNWOOD LINE
UNTIL 630 PM CST. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES SHERMAN AND THE DALLAS/
FORT WORTH AREA.

AT 220 PM RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM SHERMAN TO DENTON TO FORT WORTH TO GRANBURY AND HICO. INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...WHILE THE LINE MOVED SLOWLY
EAST. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WEATHERFORD IN PARKER COUNTY
AND STEPHENVILLE IN ERATH COUNTY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
LINE... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS ALREADY WET...THESE ADDITIONAL
RAINS WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT RUNOFF RAPIDLY INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS
AND STREAMS. THUS SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER DENTON...PARKER...TARRANT...AND HOOD
COUNTIES... WHERE HEAVY RAINS FELL THIS MORNING.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH DEVELOPING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS IN
VEHICLES...REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN TRUCKS
AND AUTOMOBILES.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 2:41 PM CST, 13 minutes before
TXZ031-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
240 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BELL..BOSQUE..CORYELL..HILL..
LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CST...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...

AT 235 PM CST A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 50
MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO...WITH A FEW SHOWERS THAT WERE STARTING
TO BUILD IN BOSQUE AND BELL COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE
INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE
WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

ALSO...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 6:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker, Tarrant2 hr
Mar 11, 6:41 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton2 hr
Mar 11, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill60 min
Mar 11, 7:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson66 min
Mar 11, 7:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant117 min
Mar 11, 7:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin117 min
Mar 11, 8:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
Mar 11, 8:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman43 min
Mar 11, 9:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
Mar 11, 9:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher3 hr
Mar 11, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland41 min
Mar 11, 12:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague3 hr
Mar 11, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche53 min
Mar 11, 2:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker4 hr
Mar 11, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche43 min
Mar 11, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton63 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.