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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 1990, 1:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1990, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1990, 4:37 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bosque County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Hill County, TX, McLennan 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 261835 FFWACT TXC027-035-099-217-309-262230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 132 PM CDT THU APR 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY...BOSQUE COUNTY...CORYELL COUNTY...HILL COUNTY ...MCLENNAN COUNTY AT 125 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUED OVER MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE WATERSHEDS FOR THE BRAZOS RIVER...THE BOSQUE RIVER...NOLANDS RIVER IN HILL COUNTY... COWHOUSE CREEK IN CORYELL COUNTY AND NOLAN CREEK IN BELL COUNTY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF IN THESE AREAS. OTHER SMALL STREAMS WILL ALSO BE SWOLLEN AND OUT OF BANKS IN PLACES DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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 26, 8:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ031-037-261419- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 819 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR BELL...FALLS...ROBERTSON...LEON...MADISON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 807 AM CDT A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM FT WORTH...TO 25 MILES EAST OF WACO TO AUSTIN. RAINFALL IS SO HEAVY THAT THE WACO RADAR IS NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION AT ITS PEAK LEVEL. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN BOSQUE...CORYELL...BELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WACO HAS RECEIVED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES...WITH WINDS< GUSTING TO 41 MILES AN HOUR. CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS NECESSARY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS DUE TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ031-037-261529- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 929 AM CDT THU APR 26 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR BELL...FALLS...ROBERTSON...LEON...MADISON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 914 AM CDT A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF FT WORTH...TO FAIRFIELD TO GIDDINGS...AND EXTENDED WEST TO ABILENE. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM ENNIS...TO PRAIRIE HILL TO THE ROSEBUD AREA. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS SECTIONS OF ACCESS ROADS IN FALLS AND MCLENNAN COUNTY TO BE UNDERWATER. ALSO...THE INTERSECTIONS OF BROAD TO CACTUS IN WOODWAY WERE REPORTED TO< BE UNDER WATER AT 813 AM CDT. ELSEWHERE...RT 219 IN BOSQUE COUNTY...NEAR CLIFTON...THE BOSQUE RIVER IS OVER THE ROAD. A MOBILE HOME ALONG THE RIVER WAS REPORTED GOING UNDER WATER. CENTRAL TEXAS AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO TRAVEL ONLY IF NECESSARY... AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND KNOWN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. DONT BECOME THE NEXT FATALITY. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD., RAINFALL REPORTS RECEIVED THIS MORNING...IREDELL 4.63, MERIDIAN 4.27, EVANT 3.65, WALNUT SPRINGS 5.20. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER 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 | 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, 1:19 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 | Bell | 3 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.