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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 15, 1987Delta County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1987, 7:11 PM CDT for Delta County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1987, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1987, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Delta County, TX

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 7:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Delta, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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, Jun 15, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
435 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 4:30 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED LAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF
MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAD DISSIPATED.

ELSEWHERE...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS FROM NORTHEAST OF TYLER TO NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH ARE ATHENS...CORSICANA...PALESTINE...AND TYLER. THE
DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 450 PM...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG
...WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED FROM PITTSBURG TO TYLER...FROM CROCKETT TO LUFKIN AND
NEAR CENTER. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT
25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...
WHICH COULD QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...EVEN IF THE WATER
APPEARS TO BE SHALLOW. CARS CAN EASILY STALL AND TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM A CAR IN FAST RUNNING WATER CAN BE FATAL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
520 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR HOPKINS
COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH ARE ATHENS...CORSICANA...PALESTINE...AND TYLER. THE
DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 520 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
THE RED RIVER...NORTH OF PARIS...TO SULPHUR SPRINGS TO SOUTH OF
LUFKIN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS
AND SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...
WHICH COULD QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...EVEN IF THE WATER
APPEARS TO BE SHALLOW. CARS CAN EASILY STALL AND TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM A CAR IN FAST RUNNING WATER CAN BE FATAL.

ALSO...THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND. IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THE THUNDERSTORM IN HOPKINS
COUNTY...MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR OF A STRONG BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDelta4 hr
Jun 16, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.