Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jan 18, 1990, 11:37 PM CST for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1990, 11:37 PM CST (05:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1990, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hunt 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 467 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 190541
FFWFTW
TXC231-190845-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1137 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...HUNT
AT 1135 PM HUNT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT SEVERAL ROADWAYS
IN HUNT COUNTY ARE COVERED BY HIGH WATER. HIGHWAY 36 HAS A FOOT OF
WATER OVER THE BRIDGE NEAR CADDO CREEK AND HIGHWAY 69 NEAR CELESTE IS
ALSO COVERED BY WATER. MANY OTHER COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED BY TODAY'S
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ARE IMPASSABLE.
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 WATER 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, Jan 18, 5:37 PM CST, 6 hours before
TXZ031-037-190035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 535 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEON COUNTY UNTIL 730PM CST... AT 530 PM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF AN AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM COPPERAS COVE TO TYLER...THIS AREA EXTENDED NORTH TO THE RED RIVER...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. MOSLY SHOOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM GEORGETOWN TO BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 08
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 7:12 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ031-037-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 710 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 700 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM CLIFTON...NORTH...TO CLEBURNE...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY SHOWERS AND RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS... WERE SCATTERED NORTH OF A LINE FROM GATESVILLE TO WACO TO ATHENS... AND FROM ATHENS...SOUTHWEST...TO ROCKDALE. ALL MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 8:07 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ031-037-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 810 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 800 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROSEBUD...NORTH...TO NEAR HUBBARD...MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY SHOWERS AND RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS... WERE SCATTERED THROUGH ALL OF CENTAL TEXAS...EXTENDING NORTH THROUGH THE DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUROTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 9:43 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
TXZ031-037-190430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 945 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 940 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR WACO TO CORSICANA...MOVING NORTH 35 MPH. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY SHOWERS AND RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS... WERE SCATTERED THROUGH ALL OF CENTAL TEXAS...EXTENDING NORTH THROUGH THE DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH NEAR 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour before
TXZ031-037-190530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1035 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 1030 PM CST MOSTLY SHOWERS AND RAIN...WITH AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM...COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND WAS SCATTERED TOWARD THE DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA...AND SOUTH TOWARD AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 40 MILES AN HOUR. MANY STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING THROUGH THE NIGHT...AS WELL AS THE STRONG POSSIBLITY OF SOME FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND WATER CROSSINGS. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE VERY REAL THREAT OF FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY. 08
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 11:17 PM CST, 20 minutes before
TXZ031-037-190630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1120 PM CST THU JAN 18 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 1115 PM CST MOSTLY SHOWERS AND RAIN...WITH AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM...COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND WAS SCATTERED TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD DALLAS AND TYLER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 40 MILES AN HOUR. MANY STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING THROUGH THE NIGHT...AS WELL AS THE STRONG POSSIBLITY OF SOME FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND WATER CROSSINGS. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE VERY REAL THREAT OF FLOODING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY. 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 11:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 53 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.