Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 29, 1990, 1:38 AM CST for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1990, 1:38 AM CST (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1990, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wise 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 290739 RRA FFWFTW TXC497-291045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 138 AM CST THU MAR 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY HEAVY RAINS IN THE BRIDGEPORT AREA PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN IN THE VICINITY OF 13 TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 114. BRIDGEPORT POLICE REPORTED WATER UP TO THE HOOD OF A POLICE CAR. FLASH FLOODING MAY CONTINUE IN SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS MORE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANVGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 28, 8:04 PM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ031-037-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 800 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990 AT 8:00 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM BREMOND IN NORTHWEST ROBERTSON COUNTY...EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS MADISON AND NORTHERN BRAZOS COUNTIES INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM MADISON COUNTY EASTWARD. MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD AT 25 MPH.D STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:29 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ037-290430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 930 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990 AT 9:25 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER LEON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...AND SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF MADISON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 10:54 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>030-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1055 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY... CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DALLAS...FORT WORTH...DENTON...SHERMAN... GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...WAXAHACHIE...WICHITA FALLS AND BRECKENRIDGE... AT 1045 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WERE LOCATED FROM WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO HASKELL. THE STRONGEST STORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL... WAS NORTHWEST OF THROCKMORTON MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD STEPHENS COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL... WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF GRAHAM TO NEAR NEWCASTLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE LAST HOUR AND METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER hRADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 11:43 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>030-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1145 PM CST MAR 29 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY...CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ..DALLAS...FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...DENTON... GAINESVILLE... WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...WAXAHACHIE...WICHITA FALLS AND BRECKENRIDGE. AT 1145 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THROCKMORTON TO WICHITA FALLS TO MONTAGUE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN JACKSBORO AND THROCKMORTON MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS NORTHERN PALO PINTO AND PARKER COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN CLAY COUNTY MOVING EAST TOWARDS MONTAGUE AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 12:50 AM CST, 48 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>030-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1245 AM CST MAR 29 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY...CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ..DALLAS...FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...DENTON... GAINESVILLE... WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...WAXAHACHIE...WICHITA FALLS AND BRECKENRIDGE. AT 1245 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRECKENRIDGE TO WICHITA FALLS TO GAINESVILLE AND INTO PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF JACKSBORO MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS NORTHERN PALO PINTO AND PARKER COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER MONTAGUE COUNTY MOVING EAST TOWARDS COOKE COUNTY AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN MONTAGUE AND NEWCASTLE DURING THE LAST HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 1:15 AM CST, 23 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>030-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 120 AM CST MAR 29 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WISE COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CST.... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY...CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ..DALLAS...FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...DENTON... GAINESVILLE... WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...WAXAHACHIE...WICHITA FALLS AND BRECKENRIDGE. AT 110 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONTAGUE TO PALO PINTO TO SHERMAN AND INTO PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER DECATUR IN WISE COUNTY MOVING MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS COLLIN AND NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER COOK COUNTY MOVING EAST TOWARDS GRAYSON COUNTY AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN MONTAGUE AND NEWCASTLE AROUND MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND @DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Throckmorton | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor, Knox | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 4:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Red River | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.