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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1990, 7:07 PM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1990, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazos County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 280010 TORACT TXC041-280100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 707 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN BRAZOS COUNTY THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BRAZOS COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED, AT 705 PM CDT TORNADO AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE STILL BEING TRACKED VISUALLY BY STORM SPOTTERS...AND INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHERN BRAZOS COUNTY...MOVING 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 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 27, 2:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 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, 3 hours 34 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, 3 hours 28 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, 1 hour 46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Morris | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.