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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 14, 1990Limestone County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 1990, 7:38 AM CST for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 1990, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1990, 10:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Limestone 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KACT 141341
FFWACT
TXC293-141645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
738 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...LIMESTONE COUNTY
 
AT 735 THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN LIMESTONE
COUNTY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST 40 MPH.
 
LAKE MEXIA REPORTED 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...1.50 INCHES
IN THE LAST HOUR.
 
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN LIMESTONE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATAER MOVE UP 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, Mar 14, 5:21 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
515 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 7 AM CST. THE DALLAS/FORT
WORTH METROPLEX...THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...MCKINNEY..
SULPHUR SPRINGS...KAUFMAN...CORSICANA...WAXAHACHIE AND CLEBURNE ARE IN
TORNADO WATCH AREA.

AT 510 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME STRONG...COVERING MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE WESTERN
PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS MAINLY WEST OF TYLER AND SULPHUR SPRINGS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY...IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES
YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATiER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:10 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ031-141315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
608 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 600 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN LIMESTONE...FALLS
...AND NORTHERN BELL COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.

OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED FROM CORSICANA...SOUTHWEST...TO NEAR TEMPLE...ALSO MOVING
NORTHEAST 30 MPH.

AT 600 AM CST WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH AT MOODY BY
A STORM SPOTTER. IN WACO AT 600 AM WIND GUSTS TO 43 MPH WERE RECORDED.

PERSONS IN BELL...FALLS...MCLENNAN AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS INCLUDING
ROADWAYS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:12 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY A LAMPASAS...CLEBURNE...KAUFMAN...PARIS...
CLARKSVILLE...PALESTINE LINE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH IS MAINLY
EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...HAMILTON LINE...AND WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE...
FAIRFIELD LINE.

AT 605 AM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME STRONG...COVERING MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR EMORY...NEAR QUITMAN AND NEAR TYLER.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA SHOULD TIE DOWN LOOSE OUTDOOR
ITEMS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN BY HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES IF POSSIBLE...SHOULD NOT DRIVE IN THE WARNED AREA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:58 AM CST, 40 minutes before
TXZ022-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA HAS SUBSIDED TO ABOUT
20 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH STRONGER GUSTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:21 AM CST, 17 minutes before
TXZ031-037-141415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
719 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..LIMESTONE..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..FALLS..BELL AND ROBERTSON...

AT 710 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED THROUGH LIMESTONE AND FALLS COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST
40 MPH. ALSO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS...
INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES THROUGH THESE COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PERCHED JUST TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL TEXAS
...AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR OR! TWO.

THESE AREAS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMETNS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:34 AM CST, 4 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY...SULPHUR SPRINGS....CANTON...CORSICANA...CLEBURNE...AND
WEATHERFORD ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 725 AM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...EXTENDING FROM BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND GAINESVILLE SOUTHWARD
TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS AND FARTHER SOUTH TO BETWEEN COMANCHE AND HAMILTON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE MAINLY EAST OF A WACO...BONHAM
LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE SAFETY MEASURES.

STAY TU<NED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita69 min
Mar 13, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall60 min
Mar 13, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita52 min
Mar 13, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Jones, Nolan67 min
Mar 13, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDWilbarger47 min
Mar 14, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman42 min
Mar 14, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay31 min
Mar 14, 3:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls67 min
Mar 14, 3:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan63 min
Mar 14, 4:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson53 min
Mar 14, 8:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson3 hr
Mar 14, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell67 min
Mar 14, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, McLennan60 min
Mar 14, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan69 min
Mar 14, 10:04 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill56 min
Mar 14, 10:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas2 hr
Mar 14, 10:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone69 min
Mar 14, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman41 min
Mar 14, 11:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains56 min
Mar 14, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt41 min
Mar 14, 11:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar65 min
Mar 14, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls66 min
Mar 14, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee, Smith53 min

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.