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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 1990Cherokee County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1990, 5:31 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Jun 3, 1990, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee 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
Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cherokee, TX
Jun 3, 6:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cherokee, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3592 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 032233
TORFTW
TXC073-032330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
531 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM... POSSIBLY CONTAINING A TORNADO BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND
NEW SUMMERFIELD. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN SMITH
COUNTY...AND IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas52 min
Jun 3, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman43 min
Jun 3, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas47 min
Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis46 min
Jun 3, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor62 min
Jun 3, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith66 min
Jun 3, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis, Kaufman67 min
Jun 3, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro67 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Tarrant63 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker63 min
Jun 3, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNavarro48 min
Jun 3, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Johnson68 min
Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor67 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill66 min
Jun 3, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath55 min
Jun 3, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDAnderson65 min
Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNavarro46 min
Jun 3, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque43 min
Jun 3, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDAnderson, Freestone47 min
Jun 3, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSomervell69 min
Jun 3, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHill34 min
Jun 3, 6:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHood, Johnson2 hr
Jun 3, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCherokee27 min
Jun 3, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque11 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.