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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1990, 6:42 PM CDT for Jones County, Taylor County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Apr 5, 1990, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jones County, TX, Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Taylor, TX | |
| Apr 5, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Jones, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABI 052342
TORABI
TXC253-441-060045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
642 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH PART OF TEXAS
JONES...NORTHERN TAYLOR
AT 638 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORT POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
DUST NEAR THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF TYE. THE PARENT STORM IS IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY..BUT SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE DEVELOPING
SOUTH INTO TAYLOR COUNTY AND THE ABILENE AREA. BE READY TO TAKE
COVER IN ABILENE IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH
BLANKETS OR CLOTH6ING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.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, Apr 5, 2:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 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, 17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones, Stonewall | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton, Grayson | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell, Throckmorton | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 64 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.