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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 1990Navarro County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1406 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 1990-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHaskell58 min
May 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor48 min
May 29, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher67 min
May 29, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall60 min
May 29, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton60 min
May 29, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita55 min
May 29, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell66 min
May 29, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung56 min
May 29, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay56 min
May 29, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton68 min
May 29, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack, Montague68 min
May 29, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox59 min
May 29, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung44 min
May 29, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise66 min
May 29, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood65 min
May 29, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell40 min
May 29, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack50 min
May 29, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise60 min
May 29, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWise4 hr
May 29, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Denton63 min
May 30, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise57 min
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung52 min
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack67 min
May 30, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson36 min
May 30, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
May 30, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis65 min
May 30, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro66 min
May 30, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHenderson60 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin65 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith60 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDSmith52 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar63 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta63 min
May 30, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRobertson46 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.