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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 14, 1990Hill County, McLennan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1990, 9:51 AM CST for Hill County, McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports 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 14, 1990, 9:51 AM CST (15:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1990, 11:00 AM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hill County, TX, McLennan 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 14, 9:59 AM CSTTornado F2Hill, TX
Mar 14, 10:00 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Mclennan, 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 1990-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1990-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 14, 6:12 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY A LAMPASAS...CLEBURNE...KAUFMAN...PARIS...
CLARKSVILLE...PALESTINE LINE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH IS MAINLY
EAST OF A GAINESVILLE...HAMILTON LINE...AND WEST OF A CLARKSVILLE...
FAIRFIELD LINE.

AT 605 AM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME STRONG...COVERING MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR EMORY...NEAR QUITMAN AND NEAR TYLER.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA SHOULD TIE DOWN LOOSE OUTDOOR
ITEMS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN BY HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES IF POSSIBLE...SHOULD NOT DRIVE IN THE WARNED AREA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:58 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ022-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
655 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA HAS SUBSIDED TO ABOUT
20 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH STRONGER GUSTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:21 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ031-037-141415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
719 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..LIMESTONE..CORYELL..
MCLENNAN..FALLS..BELL AND ROBERTSON...

AT 710 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
SCATTERED THROUGH LIMESTONE AND FALLS COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST
40 MPH. ALSO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS...
INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES THROUGH THESE COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PERCHED JUST TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL TEXAS
...AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR OR! TWO.

THESE AREAS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...WHILE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMETNS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:34 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ021-022-023-025-026-027-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...PARIS...DENTON...
MCKINNEY...SULPHUR SPRINGS....CANTON...CORSICANA...CLEBURNE...AND
WEATHERFORD ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 725 AM...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...EXTENDING FROM BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND GAINESVILLE SOUTHWARD
TO NEAR MINERAL WELLS AND FARTHER SOUTH TO BETWEEN COMANCHE AND HAMILTON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE MAINLY EAST OF A WACO...BONHAM
LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE SAFETY MEASURES.

STAY TU<NED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:58 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ031-141500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
755 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR LIMESTONE
COUNTY OF CENTRAL TEXAS...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL
100 PM CST...

AT 750 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED
NORTH/SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST 40
MPH.

OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE SCATTERED JUST TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL TEXAS...10 TO 20 MILES
WEST OF BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING
SLOWLY TO THE EAST...WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
40 MILESd AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN LIMESTONE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLASH FLOODING  OF
LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS...INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND STREAM BEDS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:13 AM CST, 38 minutes before
TXZ031-037-141615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
911 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR
BOSQUE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR
CORYELL COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL
1045 AM CST...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 905 AM CST POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN
CORYELL...SOUTHERN BOSQUE AND WESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS SCATTERED THROUGH BRAZOS...LEON
AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE AREAS MENTIONED SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS TO FLASH FLOODING
AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.

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

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, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Jones, Nolan67 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, 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

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.