Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1990, 4:27 AM CST for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 7, 1990, 4:27 AM CST (10:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1990, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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 7, 4:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Hamilton, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 071029 TORFTW TXC193-071115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 427 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...HAMILTON COUNTY AT 425 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MILLS COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO HAMILTON COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND vIF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 7, 1:50 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ031-037-070900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 145 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 140 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH IMBEDDED MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HAMILTON AND MILLS COUNTIES. WITH THE OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS IS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE RAINS COUPLED WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONES AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORIST SHOULD APPROACH THESE PROBLEM AREAS WITH CAUTION AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:57 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ031-037-070900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 145 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 140 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WITH IMBEDDED MODERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HAMILTON AND MILLS COUNTIES. WITH THE PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS IS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE RAINS COUPLED WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONES AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOTORIST SHOULD APPROACH THESE PROBLEM AREAS WITH CAUTION AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER AREAS EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Local storm report, Mar 7, 2:25 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
225 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990
...NORTH TEXAS STORM REPORTS FOR TUESDAY EVENING...MARCH 6 1990...
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE COUNTY EVENT
625 PM CST STEPHENS GOLF BALL HAIL AT CRYSTAL FALLS
1020 PM CST PALO PINTO WIND DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME AND
SEVERAL BOAT DOCKS AT POSSUM KINGDOM
LAKESpecial weather statement, Mar 7, 3:37 AM CST, 50 minutes before
TXZ031-037-071100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 340 AM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 330 AM CST WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED MODERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF CORYELL COUNTY 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE IN PARTS OF BOSQUE... HILL...AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WAS COVERED BY AN AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR AS THE HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS TRAVELING IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. REMEMBER DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER. 5 STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 8:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack, Young | 118 min |
| Mar 7, 2:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, McLennan | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 12:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 12:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 56 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.