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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 3, 1987Bell County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1987, 11:05 PM CDT for Bell County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1987, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1987, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
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 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 3, 5:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

AT 550 PM...RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CORSICANA IN NAVARRO COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES IN CORSICANA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS THIS THUNDERSTORM
PASSES. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING.
Local storm report, May 3, 6:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
550 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE                       EVENT

 NORTH TEXAS SEVERE REPORTS FROM MORNING OF SUNDAY...MAY 3 1987.

 315 AM CDT     RANGER...EASTLAND CO. - GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

 335 AM CDT     STRAWN...PALO PINTO CO. - DIME SIZE HAIL.

 355 AM CDT     POOLVILLE...PARKER CO. - 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.

 400 AM CDT     BEATTIE...COMANCHE CO. - 3/4 INCH HAIL (TIME APPROX).

 440 AM CDT     POOLVILLE AND AURORA...WISE CO. - LOTS OF 3/4 INCH HAIL.

 445 AM CDT     COMANCHE...COMANCHE CO. - 3/4 INCH HAIL. (TIME APPROX).
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 530 AM CDT     SANGOR...DENTON CO. - HAIL...SIZE UNKNOWN ATTM.

 537 AM CDT     ARLINGTON...TARRANT CO. - 3/4 INCH HAIL.

 555 AM CDT     HICO...HAMILTON CO. - 1/2  IN. HAIL AND "A FEW TO DIME
                SIZE".

 630 AM CDT     BURLESON...JOHNSON CO. - QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

 800 AM CDT     ABOUT 2 N EDGEWOOD...VAN ZANDT C"O. - POSSIBLE TORNADO
                OR DOWNBURST...DAMAGE TO 1 HOME.
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
645 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

SELS WATCH #81 IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NOT A TORNADO WATCH.
THE AREAL OUTLINE ISSUED AT 605 PM WAS IN ER&ROR. REPEAT SELS WATCH
#81 IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE AREAL OUTLINE ISSUED AT 635
PM IS CORRECT.
Special weather statement, May 3, 10:51 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1050 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

...STREET FLOODING REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF TARRANT COUNTY...HIGH
WATER POSSIBLE OVER DALLAS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR...

AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING OF A HAZARDOUS
NATURE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF TAARANT COUNTY...

    ...WEDGEWOOD...SW FORT WORTH...SOME STREETS WITH HIGH WATER AT
                   1015 PM...
    ...NORTH FORT WORTH...WATER STALLING CARS AT HWY 287 AND I-35...
    ...EULESS...HIGH WATER AT HWY 10 AND RAIDER DRIVE INTERSECTION...
    ...ARLINGTON...INTERSECTION OF BOWEN AND ARKANSAS CLOSED BY HIGH
                   WATER AT 1030G PM...

URBAN ROAD FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF DALLAS
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN SECTIONS...AS THESE INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke25 min
May 3, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker50 min
May 3, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant, Wise58 min
May 3, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone, McLennan50 min
May 3, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Hunt, Rockwall55 min
May 3, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas, Ellis55 min
May 3, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker56 min
May 3, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls55 min
May 3, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton57 min
May 3, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant59 min
May 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone, Navarro58 min
May 3, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Dallas64 min
May 3, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant34 min
May 3, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone65 min
May 4, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLimestone51 min
May 4, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFreestone58 min
May 4, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill55 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.