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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 16, 1990Kaufman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1990, 12:43 AM CDT for Kaufman County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1990, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1990, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kaufman 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 160543
FFWFTW
TXC257-160945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1243 AM CDT MON APR 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...KAUFMAN COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER
KAUFMAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN DALLAS
COUNTY...WITH CREEKS RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS QUICKLY.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY IN A LINE...WITH EACH
STORM FOLLOWING THE OTHER. THIS REPETITION OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE
PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS RUNOFF CONTINUES LONG AFTER THE
RAINS HAVE ENDED.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS 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.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE 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, Apr 15, 9:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ031-160345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
940 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BOSQUE...HILL...MCLENNAN...
CORYELL...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 935 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN STEPHENVILLE
AND COLEMAN MOVING MOSTLY EAST AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD MOVE INTO BOSQUE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS NORTH OF THE DALLAS/
FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
TXZ031-160500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1052 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR BOSQUE..HILL..
MCLENNAN..CORYELL AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1045 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED
IN NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH.

OTHERWISE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM DALLAS..NORTHEAST
...AND WEST OF HAMILTO@N COUNTY NEAR COMANCHE...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST
30 MPH.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:44 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
TXZ031-160545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1142 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR BOSQUE..HILL..
MCLENNAN..CORYELL AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1135 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED
IN BOSQUE..HILL AND CORYELL COUNTIES...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 30
MPH.

BY 1230 AM CDT THESE STORMS SHOULD BE IN NORTHEAST MCLENNAN...
NORTHERN sLIMESTONE AND EXTREME EASTERN CORYELL COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING
CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ021-022-025-026-027-160515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1145 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 AM AND INCLUDES THE
DALLAS/FORTH METROPLEX.

AT 1140 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL COVERING EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY...AND MOST OF
ROCKWALL...COLLIN...KAUFMAN AND SOUTHERN HUNT COUNTIES. ANOTHER AREA
OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTHWESTERN
PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM CLEBURNE TO COMANCHE. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST.

ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE
STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAINS.

THE STORMS CONTINUED wTO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COOLS IN THE ABSENCE OF DAYTIME
HEATING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 12:36 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
TXZ031-160630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1234 AM CDT MON APR 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR BOSQUE..HILL
..MCLENNAN..CORYELL AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN CORYELL...AND
NORTHERN HILL COUNTIES...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 20 MPH.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES TO THE
SOUTHEAST.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke57 min
Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton67 min
Apr 15, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Young58 min
Apr 15, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson64 min
Apr 15, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan55 min
Apr 15, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor61 min
Apr 15, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague56 min
Apr 15, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Young63 min
Apr 15, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson67 min
Apr 15, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Hunt67 min
Apr 15, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague67 min
Apr 15, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise65 min
Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell63 min
Apr 15, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath46 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton58 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas45 min
Apr 16, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas4 hr

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.