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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 24, 1990Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1990, 4:33 AM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1990, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1990, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wise 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 1990-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 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 1990-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 240935
SVRFTW
TXC497-241030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
433 AM CDT SUN JUN 24 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...WISE COUNTY
 
AT 435 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
BETWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND DECATUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague56 min
Jun 24, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke54 min
Jun 24, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague60 min
Jun 24, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
Jun 24, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke47 min
Jun 24, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker58 min
Jun 24, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell62 min
Jun 24, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton69 min
Jun 24, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker58 min
Jun 24, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Somervell77 min
Jun 24, 6:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSomervell3 hr
Jun 24, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 24, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood3 hr
Jun 24, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell66 min
Jun 24, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise66 min
Jun 24, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise65 min
Jun 24, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell61 min
Jun 24, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker61 min
Jun 24, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque41 min
Jun 24, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood62 min
Jun 24, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell61 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.