List of United States tornadoes from January to February 1990 explained
This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States from January to February 1990.
January
January 14 event
List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, January 14, 1990| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width |
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| F0 | San Diego | San Diego | CA | | 11:30 | 0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 10abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
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| This tornado is officially classified in Storm Data as a waterspout by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Centers for Environmental Information.[1] It is noted that the waterspout damaged several docked and anchored boats, before coming onshore and throwing large wooden planks into cars in a parking lot. The official report does not document a rating on the Fujita scale, due to the tornado being classified a waterspout and not a tornado. However, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information's Storm Event Database, which was updated with this tornado in 2014, a brief F0 tornado caused $250,000 (1990 USD) in damage.[2] |
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January 19 event
List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, January 19, 1990| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start Coord. | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max width |
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| F2 | Garland | Dallas | TX | | 17:30 | 0.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 50abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
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| Numerous houses were damaged, with 18 sustaining severe damage and six being declared "uninhabitable" following the tornado. Several houses had their roofs completely removed and exterior walls severely damaged or mostly demolished. One person was injured.[3] |
| F3 | Apple Springs to W of Lufkin | Trinity, Angelina | TX | | 21:40 | 13abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
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| This strong tornado first struck Apple Springs, damaging around 20 homes, overturning a mobile home and shifting it around 70 feet, and snapping several power poles. The tornado then moved northeast into Angelina County while intensifying and reaching F3 strength near Hudson. 41 permanent houses and three mobile homes were damaged in Hudson, with nine houses being severely damaged. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. Several fences and a satellite dish were blown over as well.[4] |
| F0 | W of Brokeland | San Augustine County, Texas | TX | | 00:10 | 0.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 10abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
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| Tornadic waterspout was observed over Lake Sam Rayburn Reservoir.[5] | |
January 24 event
| List of confirmed tornadoes - Wednesday, January 24, 1990 |
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| Location | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs |
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| F0 | NE of Mowata | Acadia | LA | 1700 | 0.2miles | 27yd | Minor damage was observed to the roof of a school. | [6] | |
January 25 event
| List of confirmed tornadoes - Thursday, January 25, 1990 |
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| Location | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs |
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| F1 | W of Patsburg to NNE of Petrey | | AL | 1150 | 8miles | 73yd | Four houses sustained moderate damage, and eight chicken houses and three outbuildings were destroyed. 28 people were injured, with three being critically injured. | [7] |
| F0 | NNW of Albany | Lee | GA | 1715 | 0.5miles | 33yd | A mobile home was pushed off of its foundation, while a church and several houses sustained roof and window damage. Damage was intermittent and mostly limited to trees. | [8] | |
January 29 event
| List of confirmed tornadoes - Monday, January 29, 1990 |
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| Location | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs |
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| F2 | NNE of Blythe to NW of Hephzibah | Richmond | GA | 2043 | 0.9miles | 100yd | Three mobile homes were completely destroyed with debris scattered for hundreds of yards, while a two-story brick house was severely damaged. Four additional mobile homes in another park roughly one mile to the north sustained minor damage. Additionally, seven trailers were torn off of their foundations, and roughly 50 trees were snapped or uprooted. | [9] |
| F0 | ESE of Henrico | Northampton | NC | 0050 | 0.7miles | 100yd | A narrow rope tornado pushed two mobile homes off of their foundations and snapped the upper branches of several trees. | | |
January 30 event
| List of confirmed tornadoes - Tuesday, January 30, 1990 |
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| Location | County | State | Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs |
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| F0 | N of Callville Bay | Clark | NV | 0020 | 0.2miles | 10yd | Two pilots reported a tornado touchdown. | [10] | |
Notes and References
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service . National Climatic Data Center . National Weather Service . Tanner . Roger W. . Storm Data And Unusual Weather Phenomena . Storm Data . 1990 . 32 . 1 . 1–72 . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . English . 0039-1972.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
- Web site: Storm Events Database - Event Details - National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI. www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
