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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 5, 1990Jones County, Taylor County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 7:00 PM CDTTornado F2Taylor, TX
Apr 5, 7:22 PM CDTTornado F2Jones, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 673 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 12:00Z on 1990-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin52 min
Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
Apr 5, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung66 min
Apr 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke64 min
Apr 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin48 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar64 min
Apr 5, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung22 min
Apr 5, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack67 min
Apr 5, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell44 min
Apr 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke42 min
Apr 5, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River67 min
Apr 5, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Grayson58 min
Apr 5, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Jones, Stonewall66 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson57 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher57 min
Apr 5, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Throckmorton63 min
Apr 5, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
Apr 5, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung67 min
Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson58 min
Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones58 min
Apr 5, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung56 min
Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto64 min
Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford64 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.