Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 1990, 1:19 AM CDT for Denton County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1990, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1990, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Denton 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 260622 FFWFTW TXC121-261015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 119 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DENTON COUNTY AT 115 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHERMAN SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH DENTON TO WEATHERFORD...STEPHENVILLE AND COMANCHE. INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE AREA WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST...THUS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING DENTON COUNTY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. FARM ROADS 1173 AND 2450 WERE FLOODED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF KRUM. OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS WITHIN DENTON COUNTY WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 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, 7:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 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, 4 hours 15 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, 3 hours 10 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
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ031-260515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1115 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 1108 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED WEST OF A LINE...FROM DENTON....TO STEPHENVILLE...TO MASON. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WERE OVER BELL COUNTY. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED< BETWEEN AUSTIN AND COLLEGE STATION...HOWEVER...INTENSITIES HAVE NOT INCREASED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS& CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT...SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP...OR MOVE INTO THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1130 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990
...NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR WED APRIL 25 1990 ...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
425 PM CDT PARKER MARBLE HAIL AND WATER OVER ROADS- MILLSAP
430 PM CDT PARKER TORNADO #1 (PARKER-WISE CO. STORM) MOVED
-438 PM FROM 3 SW OF WEATHERFORD NNE TO ABOUT
3 WNW OF WEATHERFORD. 300 YDS. WIDE...
TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE.
444 PM CDT PARKER TORNADO #2 NEAR HWY 51 3 NNW OF WEATHER-
-503 PM TO ABOUT 5 MILES SW OF SPRINGTOWN. 2
HOMES AND 2 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED...
2 OTHER HOMES UNROOFED. TORNADO WAS
PARKER WAS ABOUT 1/2 MILE WIDE ALONG SWEET
SPRINGS ROAD AREA
500 PM CDT PARKER QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR TORNADO #2
ABOUT 8 SW OF SPRINGTOWN
513 PM CDT PARKER TORNADO #3 DOWN BRIEFLY 3 SSW OF
SPRINGTOWN
530 PM CDT WISE TORNADO #4 - 4 W OF BOYD NEAR HWY 51
AND APPROACHING HWY 114
550 PM CDT WISE TORNADO #5 1 MI N OF PARADISE
600 PM CDT COLLIN BRIEF ROPE-LIKE TORNADO NEAR THE COLONY
603 PM CDT WISE FLOODING NEAR BRIDGEPORT
605 PM CDT WISE TORNADO ON HWY 287 JUST NW OF DECATUR
611 PM CDT COMANCHE DIME SIZE HAIL AT COMYN
625 PM CDT COMANCHE/ERATH TORNADO AT COMYN - MOVING INTO ERATH CO.
1 HOME DESTROYED AT COMYN. DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR TORNADO TRACK.
640 PM CDT WISE 80 MPH WINDS AT ALVORD
650 PM CDT COMANCHE DIME SIZE HAIL IN COMANCHE
702 PM CDT COMANCHE STREET FLOODING IN COMANCHE
700 PM CDT ERATH 3/4 INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS-2 N DUBLIN
730 PM CDT ERATH FUNNEL CLOUD S OF STEPHENVILLE
733 PM CDT ERATH DIME SIZE HAIL - DUBLIN
740 PM CDT PALO PINTO 1 INCH HAIL - GORDON
755 PM CDT COMANCHE- TORNADO MOVED FROM 4 SE OF PROCTOR TO
ERATH EXTREME WEST ERATH CO. AND LIFTED
807 PM CDT ERATH 1 INCH HAIL 8 NW STEPHENVILLE
850 PM CDT COMANCHE DIME SIZE HAIL 3 N OF COMANCHE
.
845 PM CDT ERATH WINDS DAMAGED BARN AT HUCKABY
857 PM CDT EASTLAND FLASH FLOODING SE PART OF COUNTY
859 PM CDT PARKER DIME SIZE HAIL 4 NW OF WEATHERFORD
907 PM CDT ERATH COUNTY ROADS WASHED OUT BY FLASH FLOOD
NW OF STEPHENVILLE
920 PM CDT PARKER SERIOUS FLOODING SW PORTION OF COUNTY
930 PM CDT COMANCHE 5 INCHES RAIN AND FLOODING - 5 W DELEON
937 PM CDT ERATH TREES UPROOTED W OF LINGLEVILLE
938 PM CDT PARKER DIME SIZE HAIL - PEASTER
938 PM CDT COMANCHE 2 FEET OF WATER IN COMANCHE HOSPITAL...
SERIOUS FLOODING FROM COMANCHE NORTHWARD
1007 PM CDT COMANCHE 8.3 INCHES OF RAIN - DE LEON
.
1010 PM CDT ERATH WIND DAMAGE AT HUCKABY - 1 HOME AND
1 BARN
1014 PM CDT ERATH- TORNADO AT PATILLO MOVED INTO SE
-1025 PM PALO PINTO PALO PINTO COUNTY AND DISSIPATED
1021 PM CDT ERATH GOLF BALL HAIL BETWEEN MORGAN MILL AND
HUCKABY
1030 PM CDT EASTLAND HEAVY FLOODING ALONG HWY 16 - SE PART
OF COUNTY
1033 PM CDT ERATH GOLF BALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
AT HUCKABY AND MORGAN MILL
1048 PM CDT PALO PINTO GOLF BALL HAIL 4 W OF LIPAN
1055 PM CDT PARKER CITIZEN REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
(BRIEF) BETWEEN LIPAN AND BROCK - SW
PARKER COUNTY
1100 PM CDT PALO PINTOH- FLOODING IN MINERAL WELLS AND MILLSAP
PARKER HOMES BEING EVACUATED IN MILLSAPSpecial weather statement, Apr 26, 12:25 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
TXZ031-260630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1220 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING INCLUDING THE WACO AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF A PARIS/TEMPLE LINE INCLUDING MOST OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. AT 12:10 AM CDT WACO RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM SHERMAN...TO NEAR FORT WORTH... TO STEPHENVILLE...TO BRADY. THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE TO COLEMAN AND GRAHAM. LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THE EAST IS INDICATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY EXCEPT OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF FORT WORTH AND BEYOND. INDIVIDUAL STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST WITHIN THIS AREA AT 25 MPH. < <FURTHER SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN CORYELL AND WESTERN BELL COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD TO AUSTIN. THIS DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE FORMING A RAIN PATTERN SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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 | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 4 hr |
| 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, 1:47 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.