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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
- 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
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. < 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Clay | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Clay, Jack, Montague | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown, Coleman | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Parker, Somervell | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 80 min |
| Apr 26, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 80 min |
| Apr 26, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bell | 3 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.