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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1990, 7:50 PM CDT for Parker County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- May 27, 1990, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Parker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Parker, TX | |
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Parker, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 280051 TORFTW TXC367-280130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 750 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN PARKER COUNTY AT 745 PM DPS OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 7 MILE EAST OF MINERAL WELLS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF PARKER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BROCK AND DENNIS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOSW 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 27, 3:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ019>033-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WATCH AREA IS BOUNDED BY WEATHERFORD... COLLEGE STATION...FREDERICKSBURG AND ABILENE. THE CITIES OF ABILENE... WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...AUSTIN...LLANO...TEMPLE AND WACO ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 800 PM. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CENTER TO PALESTINE TO LIBERTY. THE CITIES OF PALESTINE ...RUSK AND LUFKIN ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AT 330 PM CDT. THE FOCUS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WAS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS NEAR STEPHENVILLE AND ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WAS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WARM AND MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH WAS COLLIDING INTO THE FRONT AND BOUNDARY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUEL FOR THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. AT 355 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE BROWNWOOD IN BROWN COUNTY THAT DEVELOPED IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. ALSO... A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM LIVINGSTON TO GROESBECK TO HAMILTON MOVING SOUTH. RESIDENTS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENT AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ024>026-029>031-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 440 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE WATCH AREA IS BOUNDED BY WEATHERFORD...COLLEGE STATION...FREDERICKSBURG AND ABILENE. THE CITIES OF ABILENE...WEATHERFORD...MINERAL WELLS...AUSTIN...LLANO... TEMPLE AND WACO ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN BROWN COUNTY...IN THE VICINITY OF BROWNWOOD...BANGS AND CAMP BOWIE. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN COMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CASE THE THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN BROWN COUNTY TAKE ON AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-272310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 515 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 510 PM CDT A LIGHT SHOWER WAS INDICATED OVER BRAZOS COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION. ELSEWHERE A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD. MOVMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHAN5GING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-280005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 600 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BROWN COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNWOOD AND OVER SAN SABA COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN SABA. A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES WEST OF BOWIE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPEMENT THROUGHO}UT CENTRAL AN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ019>021-024>026-029>031-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 625 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES COOKE...DALLAS...DENTON...PALO PINTO...PARKER...STEPHENS...TARRANT AND WISE COUNTIES. THE WATCH AFFECTS THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE...DENTON...DECATUR...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD ...AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX... ...A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. THE WATCH AREA IS BOUNDED BY WEATHERFORD...COLLEGE STATION...FREDERICKSBURG AND ABILENE. THE CITIES OF ABILENE...AUSTIN...LLANO...TEMPLE AND WACO ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 620 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN MONTAGUE COUNTY ABOUT 5 SOUTHWEST OF BOWIE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER BROWN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BROWNWOOD. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA FALLS TO MINERAL WELLS TO SAN SABA. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS AREA FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR T.V FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:17 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
TXZ031-037-032-280115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 715 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 710 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN IN BOSQUE COUNTY TO 15 MILES WEST OF COMANCHE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ON THE HAMILTON/BOSQUE COUNTY LINE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO BOSQUE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...ESPECIALLY BOSQUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 55 min |
| May 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 68 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 63 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 47 min |
| May 27, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 43 min |
| May 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 45 min |
| May 27, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 66 min |
| May 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 69 min |
| May 27, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 58 min |
| May 28, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 60 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.