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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 1, 1990Palo Pinto County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 11:43 AM CDT for Palo Pinto 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
Jun 1, 1990, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Palo Pinto 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, 11:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Palo Pinto, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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

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, Jun 1, 7:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 51 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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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, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor, Knox64 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, 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.