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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1987, 9:37 PM CDT for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1987, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1987, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith 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 28, 4:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 450 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.. THE WATCH INCLUDES MCLENNAN...HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...INCLUDING MCLENNAN...LEON...HILL...LIMESTONE AND BOSQUE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER CORYELL COUNTY FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPPERAS COVE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF GATESVILLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASLO EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF GROESBECK IN LIMESTONE COUNTY TO 20 MILES NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AND FOR HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 600 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING..FOR BOSQUE..HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS.. INCLUDING MCLENNAN...LEON...HILL...LIMESTONE AND BOSQUE COUNTIES... AT 555 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ROBERTSON COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALVERT AND OVER EXTREME CORYELL COUNTY NEAR EVANT. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER CORYELL COUNTY WEST AND NORTH OF GATESVILLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREMOND IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WORTH TO NORTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE TO 30 MILES WEST OF BROWNWOOD. THIS LINE IS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHWEST BOSQUE COUNTY AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AND FOR HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN BOSQUE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES THAT COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 600 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING..FOR BOSQUE..HILL AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS.. INCLUDING MCLENNAN...LEON...HILL...LIMESTONE AND BOSQUE COUNTIES... AT 555 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ROBERTSON COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALVERT AND OVER EXTREME WESTERN.CORYELL COUNTY NEAR EVANT. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER CORYELL COUNTY WEST AND NORTH OF GATESVILLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREMOND IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WORTH TO NORTHWEST OF STEPHENVILLE TO 30 MILES WEST OF BROWNWOOD. THIS LINE IS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHWEST BOSQUE COUNTY AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AND FOR HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS IN BOSQUE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES THAT COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:49 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 115 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 54 min |
| May 28, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 28, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman | 61 min |
| May 28, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 61 min |
| May 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 117 min |
| May 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 68 min |
| May 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 68 min |
| May 28, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur | 68 min |
| May 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wichita | 65 min |
| May 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath | 3 hr |
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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.