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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 27, 1990Brazos County, Leon County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1990, 6:08 PM CDT for Brazos County, Leon County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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 27, 1990, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brazos County, TX, Leon 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Leon, TX
Apr 27, 6:23 PM CDTHail 1.75Brazos, TX
Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDTHail 1.75Leon, TX
Apr 27, 6:58 PM CDTTornado F0Brazos, 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KACT 272312
TORACT
TXC289-293-041-280015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
608 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...LEON COUNTY...SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BRAZOS COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM CDT POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE INDICATED BY RADAR AND
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 5 MILES EAST OF GROESBECK IN LIMESTONE
COUNTY...NEAR MARQUEZ IN WESTERN LEON COUNTY...AND SOUTH OF HEARN
IN ROBERTSON COUNTY.
 
ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 CYOUR 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 27, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ031-272053-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
253 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 242 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER
NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY AND EXTENDED NORTHWEST TOWARDS STEPHENVILLE AND
NORTHEAST TO NEAR CROWLEY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NEAR WALNUT SPRINGS.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUD LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT ON THESE STORMS HAD NOT BEEN
DETERMINED.

A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND COMBINED WITH
MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST...AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
...THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. <

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

07
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ020>023-025>028-031>033-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
330 PM CDT THU APR 26 1990

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM.

OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... RADAR AT 330 PM SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN MCKINNEY AND DENTON ... AND BETWEEN WEATHERFORD AND FORT
WORTH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN CLEBURNE AND
HILLSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 15 MPH.

OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS... RADAR AT 330 PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER BOWIE COUNTY BETWEEN TEXARKANA AND CLARKSVILLE... AND OVER MORRIS
COUNTY NEAR DAINGERFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 15 MPH.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERTORMS DUE TO STRONG
VERTICAL WIND SHEARS AND MODERATELY STRONG INSTABILITIES. LARGE HAIL
AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END
FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THOUGH NORTH
TEXAS. IN THE MEANTIME... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR
ACTIVATION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

LATE REPORT...PEA SIZED HAIL AT DAINGERFCIELD AT 330 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ031-272145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
337 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HILL
COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 330 PM RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST
OF ITASCA...MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH
BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

ALSO...ANYTIME YOU HAVE A SEVERE THHUNDERSTORM IN A TORNADO WATCH
AREA THERE EXISTS A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF THIS STORM PRODUCING A
TORNADO.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
OR ADVISORIES.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:21 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
TXZ031-272315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
517 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE AND
FALLS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

AT 510 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR COOLIDGE
AND GROESBECK...IN LIMESTONE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH.

ALSO...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MARLIN AND
ROSEBUD IN FALLS COUNTY...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN A TORNADO WATCH AREA HAS A REAL
GOOD CHANCE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.

KEEP A CLOSE WATCH...AND IF YOUR IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS HEAD
FOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER ADVISORIES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill59 min
Apr 27, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin57 min
Apr 27, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque, Hill57 min
Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis68 min
Apr 27, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan67 min
Apr 27, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHunt66 min
Apr 27, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas61 min
Apr 27, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro56 min
Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls, Limestone52 min
Apr 27, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman55 min
Apr 27, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone54 min
Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone67 min
Apr 27, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson62 min
Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRobertson60 min
Apr 27, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro29 min
Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson, Henderson55 min
Apr 27, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone67 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson60 min
Apr 27, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMadison65 min

Nearby

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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.