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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1990, 4:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 5 reports 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
- May 12, 1990, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Henderson, TX | |
| May 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Anderson, TX | |
| May 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Cherokee, TX | |
| May 12, 5:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cherokee, TX | |
| May 12, 5:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Smith, 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 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, May 12, 12:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 60 min |
| May 11, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 65 min |
| May 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 64 min |
| May 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 67 min |
| May 11, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 57 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 58 min |
| May 11, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 64 min |
| May 11, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood | 2 hr |
| May 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 43 min |
| May 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 58 min |
| May 11, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 69 min |
| May 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 52 min |
| May 12, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 41 min |
| May 12, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 28 min |
| May 12, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 47 min |
| May 12, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 64 min |
| May 12, 5:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 67 min |
| May 12, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 34 min |
| May 12, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 4 hr |
| May 12, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 4 hr |
| May 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 33 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.