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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 29, 1990Hood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1990, 10:55 PM CDT for Hood County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1990, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1990, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hood 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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

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 29, 8:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 8:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ021>023-026>028-301200-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENTON...MCKINNEY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...COMANCHE...
CLEBURNE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

AT 825 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARCHER CITY
TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT
RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD BE NEAR THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE
...BRIDGEPORT AREA AROUND 10 PM...AND SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND MIDNIGHT.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO NEAR
BALLINGER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO CORSICANA AND TO CARTHAGE. THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...
PARIS...TYLER AND LONGVIEW.

KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION. GET THE LATEST WEATHER STATEKMENTS AND WARNINGS BY LISTENING
TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ021>023-025>028-301200-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...
SHERMAN...DENTON...MCKINNEY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...COMANCHE...
CLEBURNE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.

AT 825 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARCHER CITY
TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT
RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD BE NEAR THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE
...BRIDGEPORT AREA AROUND 10 PM...AND SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND MIDNIGHT.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO NEAR
BALLINGER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO CORSICANA AND TO CARTHAGE. THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...
PARIS...TYLER AND LONGVIEW.

KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION. GET THE QLATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS BY LISTENING
TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ031-300330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
920 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...BELL...AND
MCLENNAN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF
MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT.

AT 9:15 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY FROM NORTH OF BRADY TO EAST OF MINERAL WELLS...
NORTHWESTWARD. SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 30 MPH AND COULD BE APPROACHING
THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT
TWO HOURS...OR BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
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PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION
SHOULD THE SITUATION WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:02 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ021>023-025>028-301200-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS
1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST
...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TONIGHT.

AT 955 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BOWIE TO JACKSBORO
AND TO THROCKMORTON. AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING
FROM NEAR COMANCHE NORTHEAST TO EASTLAND AND FARTHER NORTHEAST TO
NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS
THAT HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
LOW LYING AREAS. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR YOUR AREA AND
BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:25 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
TXZ031-300415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
10:15 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

AT 10:10 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF THE WACO AREA.  THE LINE WAS 20 MILES
WIDE...AND THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF FORT WORTH...
TO NEAR STEPHENVILLE AND BROWNWOOD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM WEST OF COLEMAN TO SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO...APPARENTLY
PART OF THE SAME LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST IN WEST TEXAS.  THE LINE IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH DEVELOP OR MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
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FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ALL THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION WILL BE
BROADCAST IMMEDIATELY ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

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 WarningFWDStonewall60 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, 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

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.