Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1990, 5:02 PM CDT for Brown County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1990, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 27, 12:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 27, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 142 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PERSON IN LEON COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... AQT 130 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PERSONS IN LEON COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... AT 130 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA FROM SOUTH OF DALLAS TO CORSICANA TO FAIRFIELD TO 30 MILES NORTH OF CROCKETT AND EAST INTO LOUISIANA. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL OR SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...WITH THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT THE WESTERN PART OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA MAY AFFECT HILL AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOR OR SO. LATEST REPORTS FROM OTHER WEATHER OFFICIES AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TROOPERS IN THE FIELD SHOWED GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACCOMPANING THESE STORMS. A GUST FRONT IS LEADING THE AREA OF STORMS...WINDS ARE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND GUSTING TO 60 MPH IN SOME AREAS. REPORTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN AND BRIEF FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS EARLIER TODAY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.06
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 215 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LEON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE WATCH AREA HAS BEEN REDEFINED AND NOW INCLUDES EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN AND AREA FROM WEST OF CORSICANA TO EXTREME EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY EASTWARD TO CROCKETT AND INTO LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT THIER PRESENT MOVEMENT SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF LIMESTONE AND SOUTHERN HILL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER FORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06 +
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 351 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 340 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MADISONVILLE TO LIVINGSTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF MADISON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN AN AREA NEAR BROWNWOOD...NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT THROUGHOUT CENTRAL ANSOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ019>033-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCH AREA IS BOUNDED BY WEATHERFORD... COLLEGE STATION...FREDERICKSBURG AND ABILENE. THE CITIES OF ABILENE... WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...AUSTIN...LLANO...TEMPLE AND WACO ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 800 PM. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CENTER TO PALESTINE TO LIBERTY. THE CITIES OF PALESTINE ...RUSK AND LUFKIN ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AT 330 PM CDT. THE FOCUS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WAS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS NEAR STEPHENVILLE AND ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WAS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WARM AND MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH WAS COLLIDING INTO THE FRONT AND BOUNDARY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUEL FOR THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. AT 355 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE BROWNWOOD IN BROWN COUNTY THAT DEVELOPED IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. ALSO... A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM LIVINGSTON TO GROESBECK TO HAMILTON MOVING SOUTH. RESIDENTS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENT AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:43 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
TXZ024>026-029>031-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 440 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE WATCH AREA IS BOUNDED BY WEATHERFORD...COLLEGE STATION...FREDERICKSBURG AND ABILENE. THE CITIES OF ABILENE...WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...AUSTIN...LLANO... TEMPLE AND WACO ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN BROWN COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF BROWNWOOD...BANGS AND CAMP BOWIE. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN COMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CASE THE THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN BROWN COUNTY TAKE ON AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 64 min |
| May 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 32 min |
| May 27, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 53 min |
| May 27, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 58 min |
| May 27, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Hunt | 53 min |
| May 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 63 min |
| May 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Clay | 47 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 65 min |
| May 27, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Wise | 60 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.