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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 29, 1990Jack County, Young County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1990, 12:29 AM CST for Jack County, Young County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 29, 1990, 12:29 AM CST (06:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1990, 1:30 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jack County, TX, Young 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 29, 12:59 AM CSTHail 0.75Jack, 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 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 1990-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1331 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1990-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 28, 6:43 PM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ031-037-290145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
635 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 6:25 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH
OF GROESBECK TO NEAR CALDWELL. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED
BY HEAVY RAINFALL ALTHOUGH SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS OCCURRED IN THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE STILL NUMEROUS
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NORMANGEE IN SOUTHWEST
MADISON COUNTY...TO SOUTHEAST BRAZOS COUNTY...AND EASTWARD INTO
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF
NAVASOTA NEAR THE BRAZOS COUNTY LINE. HOWEVER...THIS PARTICULAR STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AND SHOULD NOT AFFECT BRAZOS COUNTY. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER WILL BE TRACKING ACROSS
<BRAZOS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AS WELL
AS FALLS AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 8:04 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ031-037-290330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
800 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990

AT 8:00 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM BREMOND IN
NORTHWEST ROBERTSON COUNTY...EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS MADISON
AND NORTHERN BRAZOS COUNTIES INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. MOST OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM MADISON COUNTY EASTWARD.

MOVEMENT WAS EASTWARD AT 25 MPH.D

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:29 PM CST, 3 hours before
TXZ037-290430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
930 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990

AT 9:25 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER LEON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL TEXAS...AND SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF MADISON COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 10:54 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>030-290900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1055 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY...

CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DALLAS...FORT WORTH...DENTON...SHERMAN...
GAINESVILLE...WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...WAXAHACHIE...WICHITA FALLS
AND BRECKENRIDGE...

AT 1045 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...WERE LOCATED FROM WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO
HASKELL. THE STRONGEST STORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL...
WAS NORTHWEST OF THROCKMORTON MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR TOWARD STEPHENS COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...
WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF GRAHAM TO NEAR NEWCASTLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
DURING THE LAST HOUR AND METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER hRADIO FOR UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 11:43 PM CST, 46 minutes before
TXZ019>022-024>030-290900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1145 PM CST MAR 29 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 300 AM CST THURSDAY...CITIES INCLUDED IN THE
WATCH ARE ..DALLAS...FORT WORTH...SHERMAN...DENTON... GAINESVILLE...
WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...WAXAHACHIE...WICHITA FALLS AND
BRECKENRIDGE.

AT 1145 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THROCKMORTON TO WICHITA FALLS TO MONTAGUE MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN JACKSBORO AND
THROCKMORTON MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS
NORTHERN PALO PINTO AND PARKER COUNTIES. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN
CLAY COUNTY MOVING EAST TOWARDS MONTAGUE AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS
AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox56 min
Mar 28, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDKnox60 min
Mar 28, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Throckmorton64 min
Mar 28, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor, Knox61 min
Mar 28, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung59 min
Mar 29, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
Mar 29, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise50 min
Mar 29, 1:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise3 hr
Mar 29, 4:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Franklin, Hopkins, Red River4 hr
Mar 29, 4:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt4 hr

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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.