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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1987, 2:38 PM CDT for Palo Pinto County, Stephens County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1987, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1987, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens 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 19, 1:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 130 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1987 AT 125 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SCATTERED FROM NEAR COMANCHE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WACO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAINED DOWNPOURS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FBOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| May 19, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 26 min |
| May 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 33 min |
| May 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 51 min |
| May 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 68 min |
| May 19, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 57 min |
| May 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 44 min |
| May 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 53 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.