Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1990, 8:47 PM CDT for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1990, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1990, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Callahan County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 | Callahan, TX | |
| Apr 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Callahan, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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, Apr 5, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ031-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 624 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE.. CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 615 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED LIGHT SHOWERS IN NORTHERN BOSQUE...AND HILL COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ031-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 723 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE.. CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 717 PM CDT LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN BOSQUE COUNTY...MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO POSSIBLE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:33 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ031-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 833 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE.. CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 827 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF FORT WORTH TO 15 MILES NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE TO SOUTHEAST OF ABILENE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SOULD BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE NEXT HOUR TO 11/2 HOURS. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST BOSQUE AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THES E THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Wood | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 69 min |
| Apr 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 68 min |
| Apr 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 63 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.