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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 1990Johnson County, Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1990, 11:58 PM CDT for Johnson County, Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 30, 1990, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, TX, Tarrant 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 31, 12:05 AM CDTHail 0.75Johnson, 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 30, 6:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-310030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
635 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 625 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS
AND STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ROBERTSON
AND LEON COUNTIES.  THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
IN ROBERTSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF CALVERT AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FRANKLIN...AND IN LEON COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARQUEZ.  OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MADISON COUNTY.  LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE IN
BRAZOS COUNTY AND NEAR CORYELL/LAMPASSAS COUNTY LINE 17 MILES WEST OF
COPPERAS COVE.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...THE STRONGER STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODINEG OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.06
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-310030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
635 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100PM CDT FOR PERSONS
   FALLS...LEON AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 625 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS
AND STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ROBERTSON
AND LEON COUNTIES.  THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
IN ROBERTSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF CALVERT AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FRANKLIN...AND IN LEON COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARQUEZ.  OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MADISON COUNTY.  LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE IN
BRAZOS COUNTY AND NEAR CORYELL/LAMPASSAS COUNTY LINE 17 MILES WEST OF
COPPERAS COVE.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORGTED...THE STRONGER STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, May 30, 10:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins, Hunt66 min
May 30, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin66 min
May 30, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins49 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMadison60 min
May 30, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone60 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls41 min
May 30, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Hopkins, Wood62 min
May 30, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRains60 min
May 30, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls40 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone25 min
May 30, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDUpshur, Wood69 min
May 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman63 min
May 30, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
May 30, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman2 hr
May 31, 12:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson4 hr
May 31, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 31, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Hood62 min
May 31, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis50 min
May 31, 11:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCherokee4 hr
May 31, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson4 hr
May 31, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith4 hr
May 31, 2:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCherokee2 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson, Smith2 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis2 hr
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDAnderson, Cherokee4 hr
May 31, 5:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLeon, Robertson5 hr

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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.