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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 11, 1990Comanche County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 1990, 1:07 PM CST for Comanche County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 1990, 1:07 PM CST (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 1990, 2:00 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Comanche County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 11, 8:29 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ031-037-111530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
827 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 825 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...
WERE SCATTERED THROUGH MOST OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR...WITH THE
AREA DRIFTING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODINrG OF
ROADWAYS..LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SMALL STREAMS WILL BE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 8:42 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ026-111440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
840 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT LONGVIEW HAS INDICATED THAT A
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL
ELLIS COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL BE APPROACHING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DALLAS COUNTY AROUND 850
AM AND COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH FLASH FLOODS. RESIDENTS IN
SOUTHEAST DALLAS...EASTERN ELLIS...AND WESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTIES SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IN THE NEXT HOUR. IF
FLOODING DOES OCCUR...REMAIN CALM AND GET TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.
DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR FAST MOVING STREAMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 9:28 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ031-037-111630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
926 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 925 AM CST MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED
ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODING
...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORIST SHOULD BE
EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 10:31 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ031-111730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1030 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR BOSQUE...HILL
...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...

AT 1020 AM CST MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS
BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT...AND KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER
FOR NOT ONLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS...BUT FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TOC RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 11:39 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ031-111845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1139 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...
AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 300 PM CST...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 1130 AM CST MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM
NEAR HILLSBORO...SOUTH...THROUGH WACO TO BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...
MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 75 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WACO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MILE AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS...AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE
SEEN OR REPORTED. ALSO PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...
AND LIVING IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE TO THE
STRONG POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 12:42 PM CST, 25 minutes before
TXZ031-111945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1241 PM CST SUN MAR 11 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR BOSQUE...HILL
...CORYELL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 1237 PM CST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 70 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WACO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS SCATTERED FROM MEXIA...SOUTH...
THROUGH BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER WHEN THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. ALSO WITH THESE STORMS IS THE STRONG PROBABILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING.

KEEP TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 6:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker, Tarrant2 hr
Mar 11, 6:41 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton2 hr
Mar 11, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill60 min
Mar 11, 7:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Johnson66 min
Mar 11, 7:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant117 min
Mar 11, 7:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin117 min
Mar 11, 8:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
Mar 11, 8:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman43 min
Mar 11, 9:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDCooke, Grayson3 hr
Mar 11, 9:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher3 hr
Mar 11, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland41 min
Mar 11, 12:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDMontague3 hr
Mar 11, 2:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Parker4 hr
Mar 11, 2:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton, Tarrant4 hr
Mar 11, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche43 min
Mar 11, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hamilton63 min

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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.