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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1990, 6:13 PM CDT for Comanche County, Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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 25, 1990, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Comanche County, TX, 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 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Comanche, TX | |
| Apr 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Erath, TX | |
| Apr 25, 6:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Comanche, TX | |
| Apr 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 252314 TORFTW TXC093-143-260015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 613 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY...WESTERN ERATH COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY CONTAINING A TORNADO NEAR DE LEON IN NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BEL'OW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID 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 25, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ020>022-025>027-029>031-260200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FT WORTH TX 225 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... AT 220 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN A BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM GAINESVILLE TO MINERAL WELLS TO STEPHENVILLE TO SAN SABA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WISE...PARKER AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES. OTHER RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE A POSSIBILITY. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. IF RISING WATER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. KEPT ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ031-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 259 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS..CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE..EASTLAND AND COLEMAN. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL.. MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS. AT 250 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM DENTON...SOUTHWEST...TO STEPHENVILLE...AND BRADY. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGH BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL..MCLENNAN AND BELL COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ019>033-252115 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 320 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT. THE AREA INCLUDES THE PARIS/SHERMAN AREAS... DALLAS/ FORT WORTH AREAS... AND THE STEPHENVILLE/COMANCHE AREAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AREA. AT 315 PM CDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FROM SHERMAN SOUTHWEST TO DECATUR... WEATHERFORD... AND STEPHENVILLE. INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH... WHILE THE AREA WAS DRIFING EAST VERY SLOWLY. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR... AND ON THE HOOD- PARKER COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILESS SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WEATHERFORD. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED A LITTLE SOUTH OF WEATHERFORD AROUND 310 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN AN AIRMASS THAT WAS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. LIFTED INDICES... A MEASURE OF INSTABILITY... WERE IN THE MINUS 6 TO MINUS 8 RANGE... WHICH IS CONSIDERED MODERATELY UNSTABLE. LOW LEVEL INFLOW INTO THE STORMS WAS QUITE STRONG WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES... HOWEVER... WERE ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S... LIMITING TO SOME EXTENT... THUNDERSTORM SEVERITY... SO FAR. HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY... PRIMARILY DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA BETWEEN 400 AND 600 PM... POSING PROBLEMS FOR RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. REMEMBER... MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES... SO MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE RELAYED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ031-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 350 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS..CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE..EASTLAND AND COLEMAN. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL.. MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS. AT 345 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM DENTON...SOUTHWEST...TO STEPHENVILLE...AND BRADY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY! SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ019>033-252215 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT. THE AREA INCLUDES THE PARIS/SHERMAN AREAS... DALLAS/ FORT WORTH AREAS... AND THE STEPHENVILLE/COMANCHE AREAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AREA. AT 350 PM CDT... RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN A LINE FROM SHERMAN SOUTHWEST TO DECATUR... WEATHERFORD... STEPHENVILLE AND COMANCHE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LINE FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO GARLAND...AND FROM ARLINGTON TO CLEBURNE. INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH... WHILE THE AREA WAS DRIFING VERY SLOWLY EAST. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR DECATUR IN EASTERN WISE COUNTY... AND BETWEEN WEATHERFORD AND GRANBURY SOUTHWEST OF FORT WORTH. HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS REMAIN A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS FAIRLY WET AND DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS. ;ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE RELAYED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:21 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
TXZ031-252320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 520 PM CDT WED APR 25 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM PARIS...TO CORSICANA TO TEMPLE...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWIE...TO EASTLAND TO COLEMAN. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDED ARE BOSQUE..HILL..CORYELL.. MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..BELL AND FALLS. AT 507 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE OVER BOSQUE AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTIES. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.< THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY WEST OF HAMILTON AND IN THE DALLAS/FT WORTH AREA AND NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER (3/4 INCH OR GREATER HAIL, OR, WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR) TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIUO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS...OR WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brazos | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 67 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.