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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 1990Baylor County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT for Baylor County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 1, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baylor County, TX, Knox 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
Jun 1, 9:15 AM CDTHail 0.88Knox, 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 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1510 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
1510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPS 011411
SVRSPS
TXC023-275-011515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
911 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BAYLOR COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 908 AM CDT WADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEINERT
MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF KNOX COUNTY AND WILL ENTER THE
WESTERN PORTION OF BAYLOR COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THE TOWNS OF MUNDAY AND GOREE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, Jun 1, 6:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>026-029>31-020600

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX
630 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO
ABILENE LINE.  THERE IS A SIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THAT
PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A PARIS TO BELTON
LINE...EXCLUDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT
...WITH WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUING TO FLOW INTO THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHEAST.  DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S WITH DEW POINT
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...WILL MAKE THE AIR OVER NORTH TEXAS VERY
UNSTABLE BY THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE TRIGGERED TODAY IN WEST TEXAS...BY AN UPPER
AIR TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE DRY LINE...ALSO LOCATED IN WEST
TEXAS.  THE DRY LINE SEPARATES DRY AIR IN THE WEST FROM MOIST AIR TO
THE EAST.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY FORM A SQUALL LINE ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE.  ANOTHER AREA OF POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IS
INTERSECTION POINTS FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT
RESULTED FROM LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

THE MAIN DYNAMICS FROM THE UPPER AIR TROUGH SHOULD SWEEP NORTHEASTWARD
INTO OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS TONIGHT.  AS THE TROUGH MOVES EASTWARD THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THE DRYLINE WILL TRACK EASTWARD INTO NORTH
TEXAS.  THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE DRYLINE AND ITS ASSOCIATED SQUALL
LINE INTO NORTH TEXAS WILL BE ENHANCED BY PRESSURE FALLS THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH TEXAS CAUSED BY THE STRONG SURFACE HEATING.
LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE
SQUALL LINE COMPLEX.   THUS...SOME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME SEVERE
DUE TO AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND A FAVORABLE UPPER
LEVEL WIND FIELD WHEN THEY MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTR5AL PART OF
NORTH TEXAS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE WESTERN
1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD EXPECT ACTIVATION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THOSE IN THE CENTRAL 1/3 BY THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ031-011245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
636 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 630 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS COVERED AN AREA BOUNDED BY
MINERAL WELLS...FORT WORTH...AND SAN SABA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY
BY 700 AM...AND ARE NOW ENTERING NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY.4

AS THESE SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH YOU CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...
LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

08
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ021>024>026-029>031-011200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 1990

AT 655 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS EXTENDED
FROM THE RED RIVER BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND PARIS...SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY
NEAR SAN SABA.  THE HAVIEST RAINFALL WAS FROM CLEBURNE TO DALLAS AND OVER
THE HILL COUNTRY NEAR GOLDTHWAITE.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS HASKELL COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS BETWEEN WICHITA
FALLS AND ABILENE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...
STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL.

TRAVELERS AND COMMUTERS IN NORTH TEXAS ARE ADVISED THAT THE ROADS ARE
WET AiND SLICK.  YOU MAY WANT TO ADJUST YOUR TRAVEL SCHEDULE TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY AND ARRIVE ON TIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ031-011345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
739 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 735 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED NORTH OF A
LINE FROM WAXAHACHI...SOUTHWEST...THROUGH HILLSBORO TO LAMPASAS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH NORTHERN
BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES...AND WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.

MOTORIST USE CAUTION THIS MORNING DRIVING THROUGH THESE RAIN AREAS.
YOU CAN EXPECT BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

08
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:48 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
TXZ031-011445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
847 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

AT 840 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
EXTREME NORTHERN BELL COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF MOODY. THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CORYELL COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH
OF GATESVILLE AND 15 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE.

ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM NORTHEAST OF A LINE CLEBURNE TO 20 MILES WEST OF
CAMERON.  THE AREA EXTENDED WESTWARD TO NEAR EVANT.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:52 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
TXZ031-011445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
847 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

AT 840 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
EXTREME NORTHERN BELL COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF MOODY. THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CORYELL COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH
OF GATESVILLE AND 15 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE.

ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM NORTHEAST OF CLEBURNE TO 20 MILES WEST OF CAMERON.
THE AREA EXTENDED WESTWARD TO NEAR EVANT.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman55 min
May 31, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger60 min
May 31, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita64 min
May 31, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher61 min
Jun 1, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKnox29 min
Jun 1, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox29 min
Jun 1, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell57 min
Jun 1, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor59 min
Jun 1, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor55 min
Jun 1, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland42 min
Jun 1, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche62 min
Jun 1, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto47 min
Jun 1, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox44 min
Jun 1, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor, Knox65 min
Jun 1, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard55 min
Jun 1, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall67 min
Jun 1, 8:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman, Wilbarger58 min
Jun 1, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard69 min
Jun 1, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens54 min
Jun 1, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland52 min
Jun 1, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens61 min
Jun 1, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto62 min
Jun 1, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall62 min
Jun 1, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise43 min
Jun 1, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant62 min
Jun 1, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas56 min
Jun 1, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood58 min
Jun 1, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson59 min
Jun 1, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Rockwall61 min
Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox40 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor46 min
Jun 1, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Scurry68 min
Jun 1, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall56 min
Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher62 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox40 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Jones58 min
Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Jones57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.