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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1990, 7:56 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 30, 1990, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hopkins 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 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hopkins, TX | |
| May 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Hopkins, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 3079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.9
- Supercell composite
- 24.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 310057 TORFTW TXC223-310145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 756 PM CDT WED MAY 30 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 NORTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY AT 754 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SULPHUR SPRINGS. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL CARRY THE STORM NEAR THE TOWN OF NELTA DURING THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. 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, May 30, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-302134- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 330 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 325 PM CDT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ROSEBUD TO MARQUEZ AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO HEMPSTEAD AND GIDDINGS. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS JUST NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION AND BETWEEN MILANO AND ROSEBUD. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER NAVARRO COUNTY...EAST OF LAKE DAWSON. MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. 07
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ021>023-026>028-310100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 340 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO KAUFMAN TO LONGVIEW TO MARSHALL. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH WAS SITUATED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY TO ALONG THE RED RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IN TEXAS... A DRYLINE... A BOUNDARY SEPARATING DRY AIR TO THE WEST FROM MOIST AIR TO THE EAST STRETCHED FROM EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TO EAST OF ABILENE TO NEAR DEL RIO. SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF TEXAS CONTINUED TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE RISK AREA... RAISING DEWPOINTS TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S. THE ATMOSPHERE IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES BETWEEN MINUS 6 AND MINUS 9 ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRYLINE AND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN OKLAHOMA WHERE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE GREATEST. CONVECTION COULD THEN SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LIMITING FACTORS TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ARE WARM MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES OVER NORTH TEXAS AND FORECASTED WEAKENING OF MID-LEVEL WIND FLOW... WHICH WILL ACT TO SLOW OR STOP MOVEMENT OF DRYLINE. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL WANT TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION. LIMITED STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
TXZ021>023-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 455 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A PORTION OF EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SHERMAN AND PARIS. AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS LOCATED NEAR THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NORTHEAST OF DENISON IN BRYAN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD AFFECT NORTHERN FANNIN COUNTY SHORTLY. OTHER DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN SHERMAN AND PARIS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-302330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 530 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 520 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF CORYELL...LIMESTONE... LEON...MADISON...ROBERTSON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERRE IN EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY EAST OF FRANKLIN...AND IN LEON COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF MARQUEZ. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR...HOWEVER THE STRONGER ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIN5DS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-310030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 625 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF CALVERT AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN...AND IN LEON COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARQUEZ. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MADISON COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE IN BRAZOS COUNTY AND NEAR CORYELL/LAMPASSAS COUNTY LINE 17 MILES WEST OF COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODINEG OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS.06
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ031-032-037-310030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 635 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100PM CDT FOR PERSONS FALLS...LEON AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS... AT 625 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF CALVERT AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN...AND IN LEON COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARQUEZ. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MADISON COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE IN BRAZOS COUNTY AND NEAR CORYELL/LAMPASSAS COUNTY LINE 17 MILES WEST OF COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORGTED...THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Hunt | 66 min |
| May 30, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 66 min |
| May 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 60 min |
| May 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 60 min |
| May 30, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 41 min |
| May 30, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins, Wood | 62 min |
| May 30, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains | 60 min |
| May 30, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 40 min |
| May 30, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Limestone | 25 min |
| May 30, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 69 min |
| May 30, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 63 min |
| May 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| May 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman | 2 hr |
| May 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 62 min |
| May 31, 12:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Johnson | 4 hr |
| May 31, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 4 hr |
| May 31, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 62 min |
| May 31, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 50 min |
| May 31, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| May 31, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 31, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Smith | 4 hr |
| May 31, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Smith | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 4 hr |
| May 31, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 5 hr |
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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.