Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1990, 8:13 PM CST for Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilbarger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:30 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Wilbarger, TX | |
| Mar 13, 8:48 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Wilbarger, 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPS 140215 RRA TORSPS TXC487-140300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 813 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WILBARGER COUNTY AT 813 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO AND A PILOT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF THALIA ON THE WILBARGER COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS HEADED TOWARD VERNON AT THE PRESENT TIME. 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, Mar 13, 3:48 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ019>033-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 345 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST TEXAS... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WISE AND COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CST... THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN THE MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR IN NORTHWEST TEXAS JUST AHEAD OF A DRY LINE...WHICH WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF WICHITA FALLS TO 40 MILES WEST OF SAN ANGELO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR ABILENE. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY...POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM...AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES WISE AND COOKE. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:09 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ019>033-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 515 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WISE AND COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 5 PM CST WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WICHITA FALLS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THEREFORE SOME INCREASE INTENSITY IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY TRACK NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED} TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:09 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ021-026-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 610 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WISE AND COOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CST... AT 6 PM CST WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED FROM NEAR WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SEYMOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THEREFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPTAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 69 min |
| Mar 13, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Stonewall | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones, Nolan | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 12:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hardeman | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 3:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 3:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 53 min |
| Mar 14, 7:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 9:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 69 min |
| Mar 14, 10:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 10:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 69 min |
| Mar 14, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 11:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt, Rains | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 11:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Lamar | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 53 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.