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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 13, 1990Fisher County, Jones County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 7:23 PM CST for Fisher County, Jones County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1990, 7:23 PM CST (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 8:30 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan 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, Mar 13, 3:48 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:09 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:09 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ021-026-140100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WISE AND COOKE COUNTIES
   UNTIL 9 PM CST...

AT 6 PM CST WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUED FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SEYMOUR.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE IN NORTHWEST AND  NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...THEREFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT OVER THE WATCH AREA.

RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPTAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita69 min
Mar 13, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Stonewall60 min
Mar 13, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita52 min
Mar 13, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDWilbarger47 min
Mar 14, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman42 min
Mar 14, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay31 min
Mar 14, 3:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell, Falls67 min
Mar 14, 3:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan63 min
Mar 14, 4:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson53 min
Mar 14, 7:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDLimestone3 hr
Mar 14, 8:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson3 hr
Mar 14, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell67 min
Mar 14, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, McLennan60 min
Mar 14, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan69 min
Mar 14, 10:04 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill56 min
Mar 14, 10:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas2 hr
Mar 14, 10:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone69 min
Mar 14, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman41 min
Mar 14, 11:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt, Rains56 min
Mar 14, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt41 min
Mar 14, 11:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Hopkins, Lamar65 min
Mar 14, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls66 min
Mar 14, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee, Smith53 min

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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.