Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 15, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montague 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 15, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Montague, 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 166 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPS 152340 TORSPS TXC337-160015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 639 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY AT 635 PM A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF NOCONA. MOVEMENT OF THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 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.
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 15, 4:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ019>031-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 4 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEXARKANA TO STEPHENVILLE TO NEAR SAN ANGELO. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS IN OKLAHOMA EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND FRONT. SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO FEED MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE BOUNDARY. BY LATE AFTERNOON HEATING IS EXPECTED TO REMOVE A TEMPERATURE INVERSION WHICH HAS ACTED AS A LID PREVENTING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ONCE THIS LID IS REMOVED... CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FORM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING WITH HEIGHT AND THERE IS NO IMPORTANT TURNING OF THE WIND DIRECTION IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THUS TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AS LIKELY AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETS LATERU THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:58 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
TXZ021-22-25-26-160000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 6 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF DENTON...COOKE...GRAYSON ...WISE...LAMAR AND RED RIVER ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. AT 550 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST TEXAS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A DRY LINE ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR THE ABILENE AREA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM HUMID AIR ACROSS TEXAS AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FO8R LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ021-22-25-26-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX...CORRECTED HEADING... 6 PM CDT SUN APR 15 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE COUNTIES OF DENTON...COOKE...GRAYSON ...WISE...LAMAR AND RED RIVER ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. AT 550 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST TEXAS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A DRY LINE ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR THE ABILENE AREA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM HUMID AIR ACROSS TEXAS AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR: TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Nolan, Taylor | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 57 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990
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.