Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1990, 12:27 AM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 1990, 12:27 AM CDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 1990, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bell County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 060526 SVRACT TXC027-060630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1227 AM CDT FRI APR 6 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...BELL COUNTY AT 1225 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 15 MILES EAST OF KILLEEN AND 10 MILES WEST OF COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YiOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 7:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 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, 3 hours 54 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ031-060345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 945 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE.. CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM... AT 935 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF LAKE WHITNEY...JUST NORTHEAST OF MORGAN. PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR BLUM. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE IN THE HILLSBORO AREA IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH OF A LINE...FROM BROWNWOOD...TO MORGAN TO NORTHEAST OF ENNIS.< CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD KEEP ALERT IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE...LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A MORE STUDY PALCE OF SAFETY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WINDS 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. 07
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, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 48 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.