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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1987, 1:02 AM CDT for Erath County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1987, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1987, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erath County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 11 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 17, 9:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 910 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS WHICH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 910 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCLENNAN AND LIMESTONE COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN WACO AND GROESBECK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF AN ABILENE TO WICHITA FALLS LINE WERE DRIFTING EASTWARD AND WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:02 PM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 955 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 AT 955 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING HAD MOVED INTO BELL...FALLS...AND NORTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF LOTT TO BREMOND. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. 03
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.