Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT for Collin County, Hunt County, Rockwall County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Collin County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Rockwall 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 020547 FFWFTW TXC085-231-397-020945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1245 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COLLIN COUNTY...HUNT COUNTY...ROCKWALL COUNTY AT 1240 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST IN A LINE FROM NEAR CLEBURNE THROUGH DALLAS TO GREENVILLE. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN COLLIN COUNTY WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED IN SOUTHERN AREAS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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, May 1, 7:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 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, 4 hours 25 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, 3 hours 19 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, 2 hours 5 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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.
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:06 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1205 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1201 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF JOHNSON CITY TO NEAR TYLER. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME WESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF BREMOND AND EXTREME WESTERN BELL CpOUNTY SOUTHWEST OF KILLEEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
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, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| May 1, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson | 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.