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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 5, 1990Jack County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1990, 4:53 PM CDT for Jack County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 3 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
Apr 5, 1990, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jack 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
Apr 5, 5:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Jack, TX
Apr 5, 5:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Jack, TX
Apr 5, 5:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Jack, 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 1990-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 673 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 12:00Z on 1990-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPS 052153
TORSPS
TXC237-503-052300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
453 PM CDT THU APR 5 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA FALLS HAS ISSUED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin52 min
Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague61 min
Apr 5, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung66 min
Apr 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke64 min
Apr 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin48 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDGrayson64 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar64 min
Apr 5, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung22 min
Apr 5, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell44 min
Apr 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke42 min
Apr 5, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River67 min
Apr 5, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Grayson58 min
Apr 5, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Jones, Stonewall66 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke, Denton, Grayson57 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher57 min
Apr 5, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell, Throckmorton63 min
Apr 5, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise58 min
Apr 5, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung67 min
Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFannin, Grayson58 min
Apr 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones58 min
Apr 5, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDYoung56 min
Apr 5, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones, Taylor63 min
Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto64 min
Apr 5, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford64 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.