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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1990, 8:19 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hopkins 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, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hopkins, TX | |
| Apr 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Hopkins, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 060119 TORFTW TXC223-060215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 819 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...HOPKINS COUNTY AT 815 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SULPHUR SPRINGS IN HOPKINS COUNTY. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:24 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
TXZ031-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 723 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 717 PM CDT LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN BOSQUE COUNTY...MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO POSSIBLE 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, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Somervell | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Wood | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 69 min |
| Apr 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 68 min |
| Apr 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 63 min |
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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.