Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 469, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 7, 1990Hunt County, Rains County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 1990, 5:25 PM CDT for Hunt County, Rains County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 1990, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hunt County, TX, Rains County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, Oct 7, 12:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 12:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ019>033-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
415 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT...

THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ALL OF THE COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF A GRANBURY
TO CARTHAGE LINE IN NORTH TEXAS.  THIS AREA INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES... AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF SHERMAN...
PARIS...GREENVILLE...TYLER AND LONGVIEW.

AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO COOPER TO GREENVILLE
TO DALLAS.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST TO THE WEST
OF EASTLAND.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE REMINDED THAT/ THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS...
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 5:23 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
TXZ022-026-027-072300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
525 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990

AT 525 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER LAKE TAWAKONI.  THE STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS
AND SOME HAIL.  PERONS ON LAKE TAWAKONI SHOULD MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins60 min
Oct 7, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins56 min
Oct 7, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Titus65 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.