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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 2, 1990Tarrant County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1990, 7:41 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
May 2, 1990, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Tarrant 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
May 2, 8:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Tarrant, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 030043
TORFTW
TXC439-030145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
741 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...TARRANT COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING ABOUT
4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO SOUTHWEST
TARRANT COUNTY. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL MOVE CLOSE TO BENBROOK LAKE
AND THE CITY OF BENBROOK DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE T$O A SHELTER BELOW 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, May 2, 2:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ031-037-022030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
235 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 230 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY SCATTERED
NORTH OF A LINE FROM DALLAS TO MINERAL WELLS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS
AFTERNOON HEATING WARMS THE AIR.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
08
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ031-037-022130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
330 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST OF
   CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 325 PM CDT MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE WESTERN
PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS...BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON..k.AS
AFTERNOON HEATING WARMS THE AIR.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
08
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TXZ031-037-030045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
549 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...

AT 540 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE
SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN AN AREA
FROM NORTH OF FORT WORTH TO SOUTHWEST OF SAN SABA.  OTHER LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN PARTS OF HILLL...LIMESTONE...LEON
...ROBERTSON...MADISON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WITH THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUNDS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL iRADIO OR T.V. STATIONS
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS THAT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.06
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:22 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
TXZ031-037-030215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
718 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...

AT 710 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE
SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN AN AREA FROM NORTH OF FORT WORTH TO GRANBURY TO HAMILTON TO
SOUTHEAST OF SAN SABA.  THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN
THE HOOD/SOMMERVILLE/HAMILTON COUNTY AREA...AND MAY AFFECT THE BOSQUE/
CORYELL COUNTY AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.  THESE VERY STRONG THUNDER
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE
AREAS IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.  OTHER LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN
PARTS OF HILL...LIMESTONE...FALLS...BELL...MCLENNAN...ROBERTSON...AND
LEON COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

PERSONS IN CORYELL...AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.  DUE TO THE ALREADY RAINSOAKED GROUND IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER IN CREEKS AND
STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY...BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood60 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young4 hr
May 2, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDErath, Hamilton4 hr
May 2, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Somervell4 hr
May 2, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant4 hr
May 2, 7:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton4 hr
May 2, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCollin, Fannin, Grayson4 hr
May 2, 9:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDTaylor3 hr
May 2, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas4 hr
May 2, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDStephens115 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDComanche4 hr
May 2, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin62 min
May 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque65 min
May 2, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Jack, Montague, Young4 hr
May 2, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita4 hr
May 2, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin68 min
May 2, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Somervell65 min
May 2, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill59 min
May 2, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton4 hr
May 2, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant4 hr
May 2, 11:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill3 hr
May 2, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis56 min
May 2, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell60 min
May 2, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis4 hr
May 2, 11:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDLamar69 min
May 3, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan65 min
May 3, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Kaufman43 min
May 3, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman, Rockwall3 hr
May 3, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDMcLennan3 hr
May 3, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell60 min
May 3, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta, Fannin3 hr
May 3, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins3 hr
May 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan55 min
May 3, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar45 min
May 3, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDCoryell4 hr
May 3, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell4 hr
May 3, 2:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHill, McLennan4 hr
May 3, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRed River3 hr
May 3, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque3 hr
May 3, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDGrayson6 hr
May 3, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman6 hr
May 3, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin6 hr
May 3, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins6 hr
May 3, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHunt, Rains4 hr
May 3, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRed River4 hr
May 3, 6:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Coryell, Hill, McLennan3 hr
May 3, 6:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBell3 hr
May 3, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFreestone4 hr
May 3, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDallas, Ellis4 hr
May 3, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDNavarro4 hr
May 3, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDFannin, Hunt4 hr
May 3, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDKaufman4 hr
May 3, 2:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHopkins, Wood4 hr

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.