Tornado Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Apr 14, 1990, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)

Expired

Apr 14, 1990, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Palo Pinto County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TXC363-140715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
122 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...PALO PINTO COUNTY
 
AT 120 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST PALO
PINTO COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF STRAWN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY STRONG
STORM AND HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES. MOVEMENT
OF THE STORM IS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH...AND AT THIS SPEED AND
DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...WOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MINGUS AND GORDON
DURING THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

TXZ021-022-023-025-026-140530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1110 PM CDT FRI APR 13 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1105 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF ABILENE EASTWARD TO STEPHENS
COUNTY AND FARTHER EAST TO THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...NORTH TO
DENTON...AND FARTHER NORTHWARD TO SHERMAvN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BRECKENRIDGE IN STEPHENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TXZ021-022-023-025-026-140530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1150 PM CDT FRI APR 13 1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 1145 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF ABILENE EASTWARD
TO PALO PINTO COUNTY AND FARTHER EAST TO THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX...
NORTH TO DENTON...AND FARTHER NORTHWARD TO SHERMAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PALO PINTO...OVER NORTHEAST ERATH COUNTY...
AND OVER NORTHWEST STEPHENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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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.