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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 3:27 PM CST for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Archer 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:26 PM CST | Hail 1 | Archer, 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
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPS 132128 SVRSPS TXC009-132230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 327 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ARCHER COUNTY AT 325 PM CST VRADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN ARCHER COUNTY.JUST NORTH OF MEGARGLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL GO ACROSS LAKE KICKAPOO WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF THE LAKE IMMEDIATELY. AT PRESENT MOVEMENT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS BETWEEN HOLIDAY AND ARCHER CITY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Mar 13, 12:05 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ019>023-024>28-29>31-141200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1200 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A MONTAGUE...PALO PINTO...ABILENE LINE. FOR TONIGHT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A TEXARKANA...LONGVIEW...TEMPLE LINE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE AIR MASS OVER NORTH TEXAS HAS CONTINUED TO DESTABILIZE OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS WITH THE INFLOW OF WARM MOIST AIR AT LOWER LEVELS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE HAS ALSO BEGUN TO FLOW IN THE THE AREA AND WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TONIGHT. A STRONG AND VERY COLD UPPER AIR LOW...LOCATED OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. AS THE UPPER AIR LOW APPROACHES THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THE UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW WILL BECOME MORE DIVERGENT...WHICH PROMOTES UPLIFT OF THE AIR COLUMN AND HENCE STRENGTHENING OF THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED TROUGH SWINGS NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL FLOW FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ...ADDING ADDITIONAL DYNAMICS TO THE WEATHER SITUATION AND FURTHER INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE SURFACE DRYLINE...SEPARATING DRY AIR TO THE WEST FROM MOIST ...UNSTABLE AIR TO THE EAST...WAS LOCATED AT NOON IN WEST TEXAS. THE DRY LINE WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM INITIATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE UPPER AIR LOW MOVES INTO NEW MEXICO...THE THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE ALONG THE DRY LINE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATIONS MAY BE REQUIRED IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Young | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 45 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.