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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 5, 1990Jack County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1990, 7:02 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
Apr 5, 1990, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jack 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
Apr 5, 7:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Jack, 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1990-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1723 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 1990-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.4

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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, Apr 5, 2:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ021-022-052000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
215 PM CDT THU APR 05 1990

AT 210 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE LAKE TEXOMA AREA.  THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE
IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES.  IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.  BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE LAKE TEXOMA AREA
SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTION IMMEDIATELY.  THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING
EASTNORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:25 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ031-060030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
624 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR BELL..BOSQUE..
CORYELL..FALLS..HILL..LIMESTONE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 615 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED LIGHT SHOWERS IN NORTHERN BOSQUE...AND
HILL COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS LATER THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENS
OR ADVISORIES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan61 min
Apr 5, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens55 min
Apr 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker67 min
Apr 5, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker44 min
Apr 5, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt55 min
Apr 5, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Erath, Palo Pinto62 min
Apr 5, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins56 min
Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant65 min
Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker15 min
Apr 5, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche59 min
Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman58 min
Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan48 min
Apr 5, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Somervell66 min
Apr 5, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Wood56 min
Apr 5, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Hill69 min
Apr 5, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown68 min
Apr 5, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant64 min
Apr 5, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche62 min
Apr 5, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis60 min
Apr 5, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche31 min
Apr 5, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton62 min
Apr 5, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell59 min
Apr 6, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell63 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.