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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1990, 2:35 AM CDT for Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1990, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1990, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Navarro 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 300736 TORFTW TXC349-300830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 235 AM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NAVARRO COUNTY AT 233 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BLOOMING GROVE. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS VERY NEAR THE CITY OF CORSICANA. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS2 AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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 29, 10:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ021>023-025>028-301200- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS 1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST ...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TONIGHT. AT 955 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BOWIE TO JACKSBORO AND TO THROCKMORTON. AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM NEAR COMANCHE NORTHEAST TO EASTLAND AND FARTHER NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR YOUR AREA AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ031-300415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 10:15 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. AT 10:10 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF THE WACO AREA. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE...AND THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF FORT WORTH... TO NEAR STEPHENVILLE AND BROWNWOOD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST OF COLEMAN TO SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO...APPARENTLY PART OF THE SAME LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST IN WEST TEXAS. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP OR MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL < FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ALL THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION WILL BE BROADCAST IMMEDIATELY ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 29, 11:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ031-300515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1118 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS...ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 1110 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR STEPHENVILLE TO NEAR FORT WORTH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE BRUSHING THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOU CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. ALSO MOTORIST SHOULDS USE CAUTION DUE TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, May 30, 12:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ031-300615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1213 AM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS...ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 1208 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM WALNUT SPRINGS TO NEAR FORT WORTH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE IN NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY...AND ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH HILL COUNTY. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOU CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS... POSSIBLE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORIST USE CAUTION. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, May 30, 1:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
TXZ031-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 103 AM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..MCLENNAN..HILL AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 1258 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN HILL COUNTY...MOVING EAST 25 MPH. OTHERWISE...LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN CORYELL COUNTY. PERSONS IN NORTHEN HILL COUNTY CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING..FLOOD PRONE AREAS INCLUDING ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
Special weather statement, May 30, 1:54 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
TXZ031-300800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 153 AM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR BOSQUE..CORYELL..MCLENNAN..HILL AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 150 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF WAXAHACHI...MOVING EAST 30 MPH. OTHERWISE...A FE9W LIGHT SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...ALSO MOVING EAST 30 MPH. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 58 min |
| May 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 48 min |
| May 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 67 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 55 min |
| May 29, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 66 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 68 min |
| May 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 68 min |
| May 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 59 min |
| May 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 44 min |
| May 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 66 min |
| May 29, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 65 min |
| May 29, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 40 min |
| May 29, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 50 min |
| May 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| May 29, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 63 min |
| May 30, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 57 min |
| May 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 52 min |
| May 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 67 min |
| May 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 36 min |
| May 30, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| May 30, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 65 min |
| May 30, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 66 min |
| May 30, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 65 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 60 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 52 min |
| May 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.