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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 3, 1987Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1987, 8:28 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1987, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1987, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Bell County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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 flash flood 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, Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1987

     ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...
AT 308 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY ALONG THE
PATH OF THE STORM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:04 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Smith	3 hr
Jun 3, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	McLennan	4 hr
Jun 3, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Bosque	36 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.