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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 24, 1987Burleson County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1987, 6:16 PM CDT for Burleson County, Lee 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
May 24, 1987, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1987, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burleson County, TX, Lee 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
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Burleson, TX
May 24, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Burleson, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 24, 5:25 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney58 min
May 23, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.