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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 1990Robertson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 9:01 PM CDT for Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1990, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Robertson 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KACT 040201
SVRACT
TXC395-040300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
901 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...ROBERTSON COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR BREMOND IN
ROBERTSON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD NEW
BRADEN.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSE7D.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 3, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TXZ031-032-040130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
723 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM
CDT...

AT 720 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LAKE WHITNEY
THROUGH WEST TO NEAR MEXIA.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE
THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST.

PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED AREAS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...LARGE
HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  ALSO THE
POSSIBLITY OF A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

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

08
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-040300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
856 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
BELL..FALLS..LIMESTON..LEON..BRAZOS AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR FALLS COUNTY...

AT 850 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM HAMILTON...
EAST...TO NEAR WACO...TO NEAR BREMOND AND THORNTON.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED AREAS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND BRIEF FLOODING
OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS INCLUDING ROADWAYS.
 &
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone57 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone63 min
Jun 3, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan58 min
Jun 3, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker69 min
Jun 3, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls59 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath68 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque42 min
Jun 3, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown57 min
Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton54 min
Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman64 min
Jun 3, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.