Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

May 31, 1990, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Trinity County, TX

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

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TXC455-010045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
445 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...TRINITY COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN
PORTION OF TRINITY COUNTY. RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATIONS INDICATE
OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.
 
REPORTS FROM SHERIFFIS DEPARTMENT STATE THAT WATER IS OVER THE ROAD
OF HIGHWAY 94...GOING EAST OUT OF GROVETON TOWARDS LUFKIN.  ALSO
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 357 NEAR APPLE SPRINGS.
 
WITH A CLUSTER OF NEWLY DEVELOPED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING
OVER THE SAME AREA...FLOODING WILL WORSEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
OTHER PARTS OF TRINITY COUNTY MAY ALSO EXPERIENC FLOODING IF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
 
STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO AND TV FUR FURTHER
UPDATES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

TXZ032-312000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
127 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

...RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON
   AND NORTHWARD....

OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO...RADAR HAS SHOWN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
IN THE AREA BETWEEN COLLEGE STATION...LAKE LIVINGSTON...CROCKETT...
AND LUFKIN.  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AT 125 PM WERE OVER LAKE LIVINGSTON
AND NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN POLK COUNTY...TRINITY...AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST.

THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IS FAIRLY HIGH FOR THE ABOVE THREE COUNTIES
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS.  WITH TRINITY RIVER ALREADY
AT BANKFULL OR ABOVE IN SOME AREAS...CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS IN THESE
COUNTIES COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

ELSEHWERE...OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THERE HAS BEEN
NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SO FAR TODAY.  HOWEVER...THE
ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILIABLE AT
LOW LEVELS...THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOPE FURTHER SOUTH OF THE
FLOOD WATCH AREA AND COULD POSSIBLE AFFECT THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.