Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 1990, 11:43 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1990, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 020446 FFWFTW TXC113-020845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1143 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...DALLAS COUNTY AT 1140 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE DALLAS COUNTY AREA. ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN PARK CENTRAL AND LBJ AND LEMMON AT UNIVERSITY. THIS AN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVOED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WITH HIGH WATER.
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, May 1, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ021>023-027-028-020000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 550 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. COUNTIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE FANNIN... GRAYSON... HUNT... FRAKLIN... DELTA... HOPKINS... LAMAR... RAINS AND WOOD. THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR BOWIE... CAMP... CASS... MORRIS... RED RIVER AND TITUS COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 7:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 705 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR BOSQUE ...CORYELL...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS AT 700 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR DENTON TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE TO NEAR LAMPASAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 5 MILES WEST OF MINERAL WELLS...10 MILES SOUTH OF STEPHENVILLE AND NEAR GOLDTHWAITE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURRING OVER FALLS COUNTY SOUTH OF MARLIN AND OVER BURLESON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD CAUSE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED. RIVERS AND LAKES ARE FULL FROM THE RAIN LAST WEEK AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 1, 7:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ019>033-020200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 735 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH TEXAS. THE COUNTIES OF BOWIE... CAMP... CASS... MORRIS... RED RIVER AND TITUS ARE NO LONGER UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 8:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 810 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR BOSQUE ...CORYELL...HILL...LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS AT 805 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO NEAR HILLSBORO TO NORTH OF BROWNWOOD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BOSQUE COUNTY 10 MILES EAST OF HICO. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY NORTH OF MORGAN AND OVER NORTHERN HILL COUNTY 20 MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO. ELSEHWERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARLIN TO NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO NEAR HEARNE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE BRAZOS/ROBERTSON COUNTY LINE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEARNE. A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ON THE WILLIAMSON/BELL COUNTY LINE NEAR BARTLETT. < MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED. RIVERS AND LAKES ARE FULL FROM THE RAIN LAST WEEK AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 1, 9:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 920 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 912 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED FROM EASTERN BELL COUNTY TO WESTERN LEON COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST STORM 5 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO10 MILES WEST OF COLLEGE STATION. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. 05
Special weather statement, May 1, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1038 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AT 1033 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF CAMERON TO JEWETT WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR WACO...PRARIE HILL AND THORNTON. SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 4 hr |
| May 2, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 4 hr |
| May 2, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 4 hr |
| May 2, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 4 hr |
| May 2, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Parker, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| May 2, 6:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 3 hr |
| May 2, 1:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Jack, Young | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Clay, Montague | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 4 hr |
| May 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 4 hr |
| May 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 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.