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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1987, 12:47 PM CST for Burleson County, Milam County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1987, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1987, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burleson County, TX, Milam County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAUS 151847 TORAUS TXC051-331-151945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1247 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF TEXAS...NORTHERN BURLESON AND MILAM AT 1235 PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND TWO MILES NORTH OF CALDWELL MOVING NORTHWARD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Nov 15, 8:15 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
810 AM CST SUN NOV 15 1987
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SAN SABA
AND MILLS COUNTIES FROM NOW UNTILL ABOUT 10 AM.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS WERE INDICATED SOUTHWEST THROUGH
SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN MOVING NORTHWARD AT NEAR 30 MPH.
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7Special weather statement, Nov 15, 8:16 AM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 810 AM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SAN SABA AND MILLS COUNTIES FROM NOW UNTILL ABOUT 10 A:M. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS WERE INDICATED SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN MOVING NORTHWARD AT NEAR 30 MPH.
Local storm report, Nov 15, 12:18 PM CST, 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1210 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OCCURRED IN JARRELL TX AREA BETWEEN 11-12 NOON. PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO DID DAMAGE TO SEVERAL FEED AND GRAIN BUILDING AND ALSO TWISTED A TRAILER HOME AROUND...SOME POWER LINES ARE ALSO DOWN. AT ABOUT THAT TIME AUSTIN RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TOPS TO 410 THOUSAND IN THAT AREA MOVING NORTHWARD. DOORS BLOWN OFF...METAL ROOFING MATERIAL PEELED OFF...AND SIGNS BLOWN DOWN. FIRE DEPARTMENTS CREWS WERE CALLED OUT TO SECURE THE AREA DUE TO FUEL LEAKS. EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALL AROUND THE AIRPORT GROUNDS...ESPECIALLY THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDES. MANY TREES WERE BROKEN OFF/UPROOTED ALONG MANOR ROAD AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING. MANY TREES WERE DOWNED ON THE MORRIS WILLIAMS GOLF COURSE /ACROSS FROM THE AIRPORT ON MANOR ROAD/. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE PROSHOP/CLUBHOUSE AS WEkLL. 2.93 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE BETWEEN 340PM AND 900PM. END/JVD.
Local storm report, Nov 15, 12:19 PM CST, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX 1210 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987 A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OCCURRED IN JARRELL TX AREA BETWEEN 11-12 NOON. PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO DID DAMAGE TO SEVERAL FEED AND GRAIN BUILDING AND ALSO TWISTED A TRAILER HOME AROUND...SOME POWER LINES ARE ALSO DOWN. AT ABOUT THAT TIME AUSTIN RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TOPS TO 410 THOUSAND IN THAT AREA MOVING NORTHWARD. JARRELL IS LOCATED ABOUT 32 MILES NORlTH OF AUSTIN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.