Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1990, 1:09 AM CDT for Fisher County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 14, 1990, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1990, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fisher County, TX, Scurry 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 14, 2:00 AM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Fisher, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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 13, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1110 PM CDT FRI APR 13 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1105 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF ABILENE EASTWARD TO STEPHENS COUNTY AND FARTHER EAST TO THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...NORTH TO DENTON...AND FARTHER NORTHWARD TO SHERMAvN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BRECKENRIDGE IN STEPHENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 11:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 PM CDT FRI APR 13 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 1145 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF ABILENE EASTWARD TO PALO PINTO COUNTY AND FARTHER EAST TO THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX... NORTH TO DENTON...AND FARTHER NORTHWARD TO SHERMAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PALO PINTO...OVER NORTHEAST ERATH COUNTY... AND OVER NORTHWEST STEPHENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 3 hr |
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.