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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1990, 2:00 AM CDT for Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Apr 14, 1990, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1990, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erath 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 14, 2:15 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Erath, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 140702 TORFTW TXC143-140800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 200 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...ERATH COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR ERATH COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTLAND AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE VERY INTENSE STORM THAT EARLIER PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND A FUNNEL NEAR STRAWN IN PALO PINTO COUNTY...HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO ERATH COUNTY. SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN OBSERVING A FUNNEL FROM THIS STORM FOR THE PAST 30 MINUTES. IN ADDITION...IT HAS PRODUCED HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE COVERING THE GROUND SOUTH OF GORDON. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH...AND WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO THE TOWN OF STEPHENVILLE DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOIKD 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, Apr 13, 11:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 1:47 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ031-140745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 145 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 136 AM CDT A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WAS NORTH OF A LINE...FROM STEPHENVILLE...TO ITASCA... TO JUST NORTH OF TYLER. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FT WORTH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER SITIATIONS. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. THREE QUARTER TO ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR FROM THESE STORMS AND A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PALO PINTO COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS< SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. THE AREA OF RAINFALL IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR..0.WHILE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Scurry | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Palo Pinto | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath, Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Stephens | 3 hr |
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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.