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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Fort Worth, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 25 min |
| May 3, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 50 min |
| May 3, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant, Wise | 58 min |
| May 3, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 50 min |
| May 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt, Rockwall | 55 min |
| May 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis | 55 min |
| May 3, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 56 min |
| May 3, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 55 min |
| May 3, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 57 min |
| May 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 59 min |
| May 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Navarro | 58 min |
| May 3, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 64 min |
| May 3, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 34 min |
| May 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 65 min |
| May 4, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 51 min |
| May 4, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 58 min |
| May 4, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 55 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.