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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 1990Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
May 29, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Stonewall 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 8:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Stonewall, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1406 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1406 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABI 300045
SVRABI
TXC433-447-300145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
745 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE WEST PART OF TEXAS
      STONEWALL...

   IN THE NORTH PART OF TEXAS
      THROCKMORTON...

AT 744 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG HIGHWAY 24
BETWEEN HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON. ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING
IN STONEWALL COUNTY JUST NORTH OF SWENSON. MOVEMENT OF STORMS
REMAINS EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM APPROACHING THROCKMORTON HAS
PRODUCED GOLFBALL HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHERN HASKELL
COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVE TO A STRONG
BUILDING AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHaskell58 min
May 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor48 min
May 29, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher67 min
May 29, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton60 min
May 29, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita55 min
May 29, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell66 min
May 29, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung56 min
May 29, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay56 min
May 29, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton68 min
May 29, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague68 min
May 29, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox59 min
May 29, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung44 min
May 29, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise66 min
May 29, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood65 min
May 29, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell40 min
May 29, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack50 min
May 29, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
May 29, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise4 hr
May 29, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton63 min
May 30, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise57 min
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung52 min
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack67 min
May 30, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson36 min
May 30, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
May 30, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis65 min
May 30, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro66 min
May 30, 2:35 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro55 min
May 30, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson60 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin65 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith60 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDSmith52 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar63 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta63 min
May 30, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson46 min

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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.