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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 25, 1990Comanche County, Eastland County, Erath County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 1990, 10:31 PM CDT for Comanche County, Eastland County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1990, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1990, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 00:00Z on 1990-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 1990-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 260332
FFWFTW
TXC093-133-143-363-260730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1031 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...COMANCHE COUNTY...EASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY...ERATH COUNTY
   ...PALO PINTO COUNTY
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR COMANCHE...ERATH...AND EASTERN EASTLAND
COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED...AND THE AREA ENLARGED TO INCLUDE PALO
PINTO COUNTY. AT 1025 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP FROM NEAR MINERAL WELLS
SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH STEPHENVILLE AND COMANCHE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS AREAS WHERE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
 
VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN WITHIN THE WARNED AREA...WITH UP TO 8.3
INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED THIS EVENING NEAR DELEON. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA AS WATER COVERS MANY ROADWAYS. PERSONS WHO LIVE IN OR NEAR
LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR RISING WATERS.
 
 
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 25, 5:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ031-252320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
520 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS.

AT 507 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER
MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE
OVER BOSQUE AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES
SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.<

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY WEST OF HAMILTON AND IN THE
DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA AND NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER (3/4 INCH OR GREATER HAIL,
OR, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR) TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIUO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...OR
WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ031-260037-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
636 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS.

AT 626 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE...
FROM MCKINNEY....TO GRANBURY...TO SAN SABA. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS IN COMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTY...WITH A
TORNADO REPORTED IN ERATH COUNTY.
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IN CENTRAL TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED OVER
BOSQUE COUNTY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED.

ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE WERE IN CORYELL COUNTY...AROUND
FT HOOD.

CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY CURRENT ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY AS THE
EVENING WEARS ON. ALSO...MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE WEST AND
NORTH SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING...AS HEAVY RAINS AND SOME ROADL
CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND
WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ031-260146-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
746 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS.

AT 735 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE...
FROM DECATUR...TO STEPHENVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF SAN SABA.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER CORYELL
...BELL AND SOUTHERN FALLS COUNTY.<
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY CURRENT ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A STRONG POSSIBILITY AS THE
EVENING WEARS ON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...AND
WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ031-260304-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
904 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM BOWIE...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...
HILL...AND MCLENNAN.

AT 854 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF
A LINE...FROM DENTON....TO STEPHENVILLE...TO JUST NORTH OF SAN SABA.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER CORYELL
AND BELL COUNTIES...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE COUNTY SHORTLY.<
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER INFOR3MATION ON THIS STORM SITUATION.

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 10:09 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ031-260409-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1008 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN.

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BELL...BOSQUE...CORYELL...
HILL...AND MCLENNAN.

AT 958 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF
A LINE...FROM DENTON....TO STEPHENVILLE...TO MASON.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER CORYELL
AND BELL COUNTIES...AND OTHER SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN AUSTIN<
AND COLLEGE STATION.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN OCCURING OVER COMANCHE...ERATH AND PARKER
COUNTIES...AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF ROADS UNDER WATER. CENTRAL
TEXAS MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOACL RADIO AND TV FOR ADDITIONAL
WEATHER INFORMATION.

07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto56 min
Apr 25, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung4 hr
Apr 25, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath66 min
Apr 25, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath62 min
Apr 25, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown3 hr
Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche55 min
Apr 25, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay4 hr
Apr 25, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker56 min
Apr 25, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker56 min
Apr 25, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath56 min
Apr 25, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker4 hr
Apr 25, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise4 hr
Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto57 min
Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker57 min
Apr 25, 10:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto4 hr
Apr 25, 11:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
Apr 26, 12:46 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell44 min
Apr 26, 12:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay2 hr
Apr 26, 1:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
Apr 26, 1:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker, Wise4 hr
Apr 26, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown3 hr
Apr 26, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto4 hr
Apr 26, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay, Jack, Montague5 hr
Apr 26, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung5 hr
Apr 26, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton49 min
Apr 26, 4:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 hr
Apr 26, 4:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
Apr 26, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTarrant4 hr
Apr 26, 5:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrown, Coleman3 hr
Apr 26, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood4 hr
Apr 26, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton4 hr
Apr 26, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Parker, Somervell4 hr
Apr 26, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto4 hr
Apr 26, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise4 hr
Apr 26, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton80 min
Apr 26, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood80 min
Apr 26, 9:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, McLennan4 hr
Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell3 hr
Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto3 hr
Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Wise3 hr
Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton3 hr
Apr 26, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell3 hr
Apr 26, 10:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant3 hr
Apr 26, 1:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan3 hr
Apr 26, 1:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 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.