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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1990, 7:12 PM CDT for Limestone County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Limestone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Limestone, TX | |
| Jun 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Limestone, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KACT 040015 RRA TORACT TXC293-040115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 712 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WACO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY AT 712 PM CDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR COOLEDGE IN NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD MEXIA. 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 LOWpEST 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 69 min |
| Jun 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coleman | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.