Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 1991, 12:57 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1991, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 1:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tarrant County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 822 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 281801 FFWFTW TXC439-282000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1257 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...TARRANT COUNTY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF TARRANT COUNT FROM DFW AIRPORT TO THE MID-CITIES AREA TO ARLINGTON UNTIL 230 PM CDT. THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN DENTON AND MCKINNEY TO DFW AIRPORT TO NORTHEAST OF WACO. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE SHOWED ONLY SLOW MOVEMENT. AT 1250 PM...STREET FLOODING UP TO CURB DEEP WAS OBSERVED IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS. AT 1248 PM...NICKEL HAIL WAS OBSERVED AT THE KXAS TV STATION. 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.
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, Apr 28, 10:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ031-281630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1020 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY... AT 1001 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE BELL/WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO NEAR FREDERICKSBURG. ANOTHER AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE SAN ANGELO AREA. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS JUST APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST BELL COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF KILLEEN. DUE TO ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE...AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...AND AN APPROACHING DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS TODAY. CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. IF YOU PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ...ESPECIALLY BOATING ON AREA LAKES...KEEP AN EYE PEELED FOR APPROACHING< THUNDERSTORMS. DONT BE CAUGHT ON OPEN WATER. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. A CO-OPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER FROM FISHER RANCH...13 SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF KILLEEN JUST REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT 1017 AM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 07
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 10:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-281645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1042 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 AT 1037 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF BELL...CORYELL...FALLS AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS...AMD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN BELL COUNTY NEAR KILLEEN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A VERY UINSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA AND AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS ...AS A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE. < STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMJENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-281645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1144 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1137 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN BOSQUE COUNTY NEAR LAKE WHITNEY...AND JUST WEST OF CLIFTON EXTENDING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY NEAR JONESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NOTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA AND AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. < RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERTP TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-281745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1144 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1137 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN BOSQUE COUNTY NEAR LAKE WHITNEY...AND JUST WEST OF CLIFTON EXTENDING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY NEAR JONESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NOTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA AND AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. < RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCEN^TRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:04 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-281745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT WATCH AREA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1144 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR MILAM COUNTY... AT 1137 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN BOSQUE COUNTY NEAR LAKE WHITNEY...AND JUST WEST OF CLIFTON EXTENDING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY NEAR JONESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NOTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA AND AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. < RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Madison | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Wood | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brazos | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith, Upshur | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Red River | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.