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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 10, 1990Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1990, 1:04 AM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 10, 1990, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 1990, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Cooke 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 10, 1:25 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Cooke, 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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, 7:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 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, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:49 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wilbarger	43 min
Apr 9, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wichita	62 min
Apr 9, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wichita	33 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wichita	26 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Clay	51 min
Apr 9, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	2 hr
Apr 10, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Throckmorton	64 min
Apr 10, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Jack, Young	62 min
Apr 10, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Palo Pinto	63 min
Apr 10, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Parker	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.