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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 1990Anderson County, Freestone County, Henderson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 1990, 11:55 PM CDT for Anderson County, Freestone County, Henderson County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1990, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1990, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 969 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
969 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 020458
FFWFTW
TXC161-001-213-020900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1155 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...FREESTONE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY...HENDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1155 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING MOVING ACROSS FREESTONE AND ANDERSON COUNTIES AND
INTO HENDERSON COUNTY. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN
ANDERSON AND WESTERN FREESTONE COUNTIES. FREESTONE COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS PART OF HIGHWAY 287 HAS BEEN CLOSED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGEdS...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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, May 1, 7:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 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 21 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 35 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.
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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 29 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 15 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
Special weather statement, May 1, 11:44 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1143 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

AT 1140 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM NEAR JOHNSON CITY TO NEAR JACKSONVILLE.  THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME WESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY NEAR CALVERT...OVER
EXTREME EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF GROESMBECK AND OVER
SOUTHERN FALLS COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF MARLIN.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell, Tarrant4 hr
May 1, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche, Eastland, Erath4 hr
May 1, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 2, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall4 hr
May 2, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Rains4 hr
May 2, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Lamar4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt, Wood4 hr
May 2, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto4 hr
May 2, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Parker, Tarrant4 hr
May 2, 6:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman4 hr
May 2, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDYoung4 hr
May 2, 12:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson3 hr
May 2, 1:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker4 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens4 hr
May 2, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke4 hr
May 2, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor3 hr
May 2, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDShackelford3 hr
May 2, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Jack, Young4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDClay, Montague4 hr
May 2, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker4 hr
May 2, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens4 hr
May 2, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor3 hr
May 2, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDShackelford3 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.