Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
| 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, 9:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer | 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, 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 |
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.