Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1990, 12:10 PM CST for Hill County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 1990, 12:10 PM CST (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 1990, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hill 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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACT 171816
SVRACT
TXC217-171915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1210 PM CST WED JAN 17 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...HILL
AT 1210 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN THE WHITNEY...
HILLSBORO AREA OF CENTRAL HILL COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR
AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS.
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 YOUR 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, Jan 17, 8:39 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ019>033-171600 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 840 AM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS... AT 8:35 AM CST...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OUT OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR PARIS...CONTINUING TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE GREENVILLE AND EAST DALLAS AREAS TO NORTHEAST OF WACO. WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST BOTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN THE PARIS AND GREENVILLE AREAS AND APPROACHING SULPHUR SPRINGS. ALSO..OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING BACK WEST ALONG A GAINESVILLE... DECATUR...MINERAL WELLS LINE. MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 9:40 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ031-171535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 940 AM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS... AT 935 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR COMANCHE...NORTHEAST...TO NEAR FT WORTH...AND FROM NEAR HILLSBORO TO WAXAHACHIE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR TEMPLE TO ATHENFS. MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 10:17 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ019>033-171700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1015 AM CST WED JAN 17 1990
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...
AT 10:10 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING SOUTHWEST FROM THE BONHAM AND SHERMAN VICINITIES THROUGH THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO THE STEPHENVILLE AREA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS TRACKING NORTHEAST AT ALMOST
50 MILES AN HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN SOUTHWEST TARRANT AND SOUTHEAST
PARKER COUNTY BETWEEN BURLESON AND CRESSON.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND
BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND URBAN AREAS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS...
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE EVENTS.
AT 10:05 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HALTOM CITY...JUST EAST OF
FORT WORTH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER
INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.Special weather statement, Jan 17, 10:19 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
TXZ031-171615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1020 AM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS... AT 1015 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN HAMILTON AND BOSQUE COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF WACO...NORTHEAST...TO NEAR KAUFMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 11:35 AM CST, 35 minutes before
TXZ031-171730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1135 AM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR NORTHERN HILL COUNTY... AT 1130 A P
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 11:57 AM CST, 13 minutes before
TXZ019>033-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1155 AM CST WED JAN 17 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT... AT 11:50 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. A BAND OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTH OF CLEBURNE INTO SOUTHEAST TARRANT AND ACROSS MOST OF DALLAS COUNTY CONTINUING TO THE MCKINNEY AND SHERMAN VICINITIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY NEAR WAXAHACHIE AND IN SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS EAST OF A BONHAM...CORSICANA LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND AND BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW-LYING AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN NORTH TEXAS ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFETY ACTIONS SHOULD THESE EVENTS BE ENCOUNTERED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER EVENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 55 min |
| Jan 17, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.