Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1990, 1:53 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1990, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1990, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hopkins County, TX, Rains 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 020656 FFWFTW TXC119-223-277-379-021100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 153 AM CDT WED MAY 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...DELTA COUNTY...HOPKINS COUNTY...LAMAR COUNTY...RAINS COUNTY AT 150 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HOPKINS AND DELTA COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATEED SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED SOME LOW-LYING AREAS AND SOME CITY STREETS TO FLOOD IN SULPHUR SPRINGS AND IN RAINS COUNTY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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, 8:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 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, 4 hours 27 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, 3 hours 13 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, 2 hours 9 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.
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 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.
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:31 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ031-037-020600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 130 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 125 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN TO TYLER. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER EXTREME EASTERM LIMESTONE COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD AND EXTREME SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY SOUTH OF TEMPLE. 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, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 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.