Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 14, 1990Cherokee County, Smith County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1990, 2:37 PM CST for Cherokee County, Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 14, 1990, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 1990, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Smith 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 14, 3:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Cherokee, 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 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, 10:03 AM CST, 4 hours 34 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, Mar 14, 10:13 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

TXZ019>033-141800-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTION THIRD PARA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1000 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THODAY OVER THE
NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS... GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE THROUGH
PARIS...DALLAS...AND WACO. THIS INCLUDES THE GREENVILLE...
SUPPHUR PRINGS... CORSICANA... PALESTINE...JACKSONVILLE...
AND TYLER/LONGVIEW AREAS.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY.
THE AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE IS CHARACTERIZED BY DEEP MOISTURE...
WARM AIR... AND STRONG WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS...
ALONG WITH A STRONG DIVERGENT JET ALOFT... CREATES AND VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHER AND IS CONSIDERED FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL... STRONG WINDS... AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

AT MID MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACTIVE IN A BROAD BAND ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM TEXARKANA TO NEAR DALLAS AND WACO. A BOUNDARY
OF RAIN-COOLED
AIR EXTENDED FROM NEAR TEXARKANA TO TYLER AND WEST TO NEAR WACO.
IT IS NEAR AND ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR
MOST LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... AND A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN
EFFECT FOR PART OF THE AREA UNTIL 100 PM.

EARLIER THIS MORNING... STRONG WINDS OCCURRED IN A NARROW BAND FROM
THE WACO AREA NORTHEAST THROUGH PARTS OF ELLIS...NAVARRO...HENDERSON...
AND SMITH COUNTIES. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH WERE COMMON WITH
SOME DAMAGE REPORTED TO TREES AND POWER LINES. THIS WAS CAUSED BY
A STRONG DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESSURE FIELD THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND A LOW PRESSURE AREA
OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS PRODUCED A STRONG JET OF LOW LEVEL
WINDS AT THE SURFACE THAT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE STRONG
WINDS DIMINISHED AROUND 700 AM AS THE THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST TEXAS
WEAKENED AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXED.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...SPOTTERS... AND RESIDENTS OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WILL WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS TODAY. ACTIVATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MIDDAY...AND OVER THE EASTERN
PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS BY MID AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY...
SO RESIDENTS AND SPOTTERS WILL WANT TO AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS THUND IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS FOR TODAY.

OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA... THE
SEVERE WEATHER RISK SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARL^Y AFTERNOON AS COOLER
AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 10:17 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1020 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

JUST AFTER 10 AM...THUNDERSTORMS IN HILL COUNTY PRODUCED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO ELLIS COUNTY NEAR WAXAHACHIE BY
11 AM CST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...OVER DALLAS COUNTY...WERE ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS AND STREET FLOODING IN DALLAS.  WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MILES AN HOUR
INm RICHARDSON JUST AFTER 10 AM.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 12:11 PM CST, 2 hours 26 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, Mar 14, 12:52 PM CST, 1 hour 45 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, Mar 14, 1:53 PM CST, 44 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>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wichita	69 min
Mar 13, 6:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fisher, Stonewall	60 min
Mar 13, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wichita	52 min
Mar 13, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fisher, Jones, Nolan	67 min
Mar 13, 8:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Wilbarger	47 min
Mar 14, 12:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hardeman	42 min
Mar 14, 2:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Clay	31 min
Mar 14, 3:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bell, Falls	67 min
Mar 14, 3:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	63 min
Mar 14, 4:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson	53 min
Mar 14, 7:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Limestone	3 hr
Mar 14, 8:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Henderson	3 hr
Mar 14, 8:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Coryell	67 min
Mar 14, 9:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque, McLennan	60 min
Mar 14, 9:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hill, McLennan	69 min
Mar 14, 10:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Hill	56 min
Mar 14, 10:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Dallas	2 hr
Mar 14, 10:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls, Limestone	69 min
Mar 14, 11:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Kaufman	41 min
Mar 14, 11:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt, Rains	56 min
Mar 14, 11:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	41 min
Mar 14, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins, Lamar	65 min
Mar 14, 12:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Falls	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.