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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 9, 19904 counties in Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1990, 11:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1990, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Sill, OK at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 872 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.1

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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 9, 5:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ019-020-024-025-100300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
540 PM CST APR 09 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 35 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA. THE CITIES OF WICHITA FALLS...
ABILENE...SWEETWATER...ARCHER CITY AND THROCKMORTON ARE INCLUDED IN
THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA.

AT 530 PM... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS WERE LOCATED NEAR BRECKENRIDGE...GRAHAM AND ARCHER CITY
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN NORTH TEXAS AT THIS TIME.

ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE CARRIED NORTHWARD BY THE
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS EVENING. A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM
CHILDRESS TO BIG SPRING MOVING EAST WHICH SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE LINE IS
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE RICH GULF MOISTURE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
IN THE VICINITY OF ABILENE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM
INTO A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING FROM NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN
COLORADO TO NORTH TEXAS WHICH SHOULD HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE
ATMOSPHERE EVEN FURTHER.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS ANND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON
THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ019-020-024-025-100300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
650 PM CST APR 09 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 35 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA. THE CITIES OF WICHITA FALLS...
ABILENE...SWEETWATER...ARCHER CITY AND THROCKMORTON ARE INCLUDED IN
THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA.

AT 630 PM... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
TOWNS OF HASKELL AND MUNDAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS BEGINNING TO
FORM FROM CHILDRESS TO JUST WEST OF LUBBOCK MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CROSBY...DICKENS
AND MOTLEY COUNTIES.

ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE CARRIED NORTHWARD BY THE
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS EVENING. A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM
CHILDRESS TO BIG SPRING MOVING EAST WHICH SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE LINE IS
EXPECTED TO ENTER THE RICH GULF MOISTURE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
IN THE VICINITY OF ABILENE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM
INTO A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING FROM NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN
COLORADO TO NORTH TEXAS WHICH SHOULD HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE
ATMOSPHERE EVEN FURTHER.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON
THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ019-020-024-025-100300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
750 PM CST APR 09 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF NORTH
TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE TEXAS TO 35 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA. THE CITIES OF WICHITA FALLS...
ABILENE...SWEETWATER...ARCHER CITY AND THROCKMORTON ARE INCLUDED IN
THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA.

AT 745 PM... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN
TO FORM IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF WICHITA FALLS BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF VERNON
AND SEYMOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST SOUTH OF
CHILDRESS IN THE COUNTIES OF COTTLE...KING...DICKENS...FOARD AND
KNOX. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE CARRIED NORTHWARD BY THE
SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS EVENING. A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM
CHILDRESS TO JUST WEST OF SAN ANGELO MOVING EAST WHICH SHOULD BE THE
FOCUS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE
DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE RICH GULF MOISTURE IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF ABILENE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO FORM INTO A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL
TEXAS TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING FROM NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN
COLORADO TO NORTH TEXAS WHICH SHOULD HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE
ATMOSPHERE EVEN FURTHER.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER

CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON
THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger43 min
Apr 9, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita62 min
Apr 9, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWichita33 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita26 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay51 min
Apr 10, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton64 min
Apr 10, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke41 min
Apr 10, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Young62 min
Apr 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
Apr 10, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker66 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.