Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT for Dallas County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 15, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1990, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas 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 15, 11:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Dallas, 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1880 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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 15, 5:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ021-22-25-26-160000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 6 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF DENTON...COOKE...GRAYSON ...WISE...LAMAR AND RED RIVER ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. AT 550 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST TEXAS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A DRY LINE ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR THE ABILENE AREA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM HUMID AIR ACROSS TEXAS AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FO8R LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ021-22-25-26-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX...CORRECTED HEADING... 6 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF DENTON...COOKE...GRAYSON ...WISE...LAMAR AND RED RIVER ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. AT 550 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST TEXAS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A DRY LINE ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR THE ABILENE AREA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM HUMID AIR ACROSS TEXAS AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR: TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:50 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
TXZ031-160345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 940 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BOSQUE...HILL...MCLENNAN... CORYELL...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES... AT 935 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN STEPHENVILLE AND COLEMAN MOVING MOSTLY EAST AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO BOSQUE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS NORTH OF THE DALLAS/ FORT WORTH METROPLEX. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO 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 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Young | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Jack, Young | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 4 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.