Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings / 1989
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, May 1989
115 flash flood warnings in May 1989. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 115
- Busiest day
- May 17, 198941 flash flood warnings
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Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| May 4, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 2 hr |
| May 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 4 hr |
| May 5, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 3 hr |
| May 7, 10:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| May 14, 8:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Runnels, Tom Green | 4 hr |
| May 15, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis | 115 min |
| May 15, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 2 hr |
| May 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Baylor | 4 hr |
| May 15, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer | 4 hr |
| May 16, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 16, 12:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 4 hr |
| May 16, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor, Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 16, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Young | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Montague | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 5 hr |
| May 16, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 4 hr |
| May 16, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 2 hr |
| May 16, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Baylor, Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 16, 7:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 63 min |
| May 16, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Fannin, Grayson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 4 hr |
| May 16, 12:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 2 hr |
| May 16, 12:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | San Augustine | 68 min |
| May 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 68 min |
| May 16, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 59 min |
| May 16, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Carson | 64 min |
| May 16, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains, Wood | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 66 min |
| May 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith, Wood | 119 min |
| May 16, 11:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 2 hr |
| May 16, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 67 min |
| May 16, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass | 67 min |
| May 16, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Camp, Upshur | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Johnson, Tarrant | 5 hr |
| May 17, 6:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 4 hr |
| May 17, 6:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin | 3 hr |
| May 17, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 4 hr |
| May 17, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 17, 9:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson, Navarro, Smith | 113 min |
| May 17, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee, Milam | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| May 17, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Marion | 4 hr |
| May 17, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 118 min |
| May 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 75 min |
| May 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 4 hr |
| May 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 2 hr |
| May 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 4 hr |
| May 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 4 hr |
| May 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman | 2 hr |
| May 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 5 hr |
| May 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 18, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 3 hr |
| May 18, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 18, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 3 hr |
| May 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 69 min |
| May 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 69 min |
| May 31, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Hale | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Smith County7
- Hardin County6
- Newton County6
- Tarrant County5
- Dallas County5
- Anderson County5
- Jasper County5
- Harris County5
- Liberty County5
- Young County4
- Baylor County4
- Archer County4
- Wichita County4
- Wood County4
- Henderson County4
- Rusk County4
- Shelby County4
- Montgomery County4
- Ellis County3
- Johnson County3
- Bastrop County3
- Fayette County3
- Lee County3
- Cooke County3
- Fannin County3
- Bowie County3
- Kaufman County3
- Rockwall County3
- Upshur County3
- Collin County3
- Navarro County3
- Gregg County3
- Harrison County3
- Panola County3
- Cass County3
- Marion County3
- Nacogdoches County3
- Carson County3
- Freestone County3
- Hood County2
46 more counties
- Jack County2
- Travis County2
- Montague County2
- Grayson County2
- San Augustine County2
- Hunt County2
- Hill County2
- Limestone County2
- McLennan County2
- Tyler County2
- Orange County2
- Fort Bend County2
- Armstrong County2
- Erath County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Runnels County1
- Tom Green County1
- Caldwell County1
- Delta County1
- Lamar County1
- Clay County1
- Cherokee County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Hopkins County1
- Rains County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Camp County1
- Bosque County1
- Gillespie County1
- Williamson County1
- Burnet County1
- Blanco County1
- Hays County1
- Coryell County1
- Falls County1
- Milam County1
- Angelina County1
- Polk County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Trinity County1
- Walker County1
- Jefferson County1
- Pecos County1
- Upton County1
- Hale County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.