Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT for Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1990, 10:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shackelford 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
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 14, 5:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ019>020-024>025-029>030-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... AT 455 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS FROM DENISON TO BRECKENRIDGE TO WACO. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN ANSON AND ASPERMONT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EASTLAND OR STEPHENS COUNTIES ...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THIS AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ019>020-024>025-029>030-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 555 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... AT 550 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR BONHAM THROUGH THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO NEAR HILLSBORO. AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER NORTHERN JONES AND HASKELL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EASTLAND OR STEPHENS COUNTIES ...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THIS AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ019>020-024>025-029>030-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 650 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... AT 645 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCURRING OVER JONES...HASKELL AND KNOX COUNTIES FROM NORTH OF ANSON TO HASKELL TO NEAR BENJAMIN. THE HEVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED BETWEEN HASKELL AND ANSON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EASTLAND OR STEPHENS COUNTIES ...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THIS AREA THIS EVENING.U PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ019>020-024>025-029>030-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 755 PM CDT MON MAY 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT... AT 750 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PART OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS FROM NEAR MUNDAY TO SEYMOUR TO ANSON AND ALBANY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS WEST OF MUNDAY AND NORTHEAST OF ANSON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL EXTENDED INTO THE EXTREME EASTERN PART OF SHACKELFORD COUNTY...AND AT PRESENT MOVEMENT AND SPEED WILL LIKELY REACH THE WESTERN PART OF STEPHENS COUNTY AROUND 830 PM. RESIDENTS OF EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES ARE REMINDED THAT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THIS AREA OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS..
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:55 PM CDT, 46 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 14, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 67 min |
| May 14, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 62 min |
| May 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 92 min |
| May 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor | 63 min |
| May 14, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 58 min |
| May 14, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.