Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1987, 6:02 PM CDT for Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1987, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Callahan County, TX, Shackelford 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABI 192302
SVRABI
TXC059-417-441-200000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
602 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...CALLAHAN...SHACKELFORD...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR
AT 602 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE
ABILENE AIRPORT AND 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF
TOWN. ALSO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBANY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AND
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.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 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 MP CDT TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING NORTCH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...COMANCHE...COOKE...EASTLAND ...ERATH...HAMILTON...HOOD...PALO PINTO...PARKER...SOMERVELL... STEPHENS...AND WISE. AT 305 PM CDT AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTOMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM MONTAGUE TO SHERMAN TO HUGO OKLAHOMA. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST TO 30 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SHERMAN DENISON AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SHERMAN. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY AS IT MOVEDS FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENPTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 300 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING...INCLUDING BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING HILL COUNTY... AT 325 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN OR NEAR THE WACO AREA...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF DALLAS ALONG THE RED RIVER MOVING SOUTHEAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTH OF ABILENE AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV..OR RADIO FOR F^URTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 335 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 MP CDT TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE REMAINED OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES FOLLOWING COUNTIES NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES...COLLIN...COOKE...DALLAS... DENTON...ELLIS...FANNIN...FREESTONE...GRAYSON...HODD...HUNT... JOHNSON...KAUFMAN...NAVARRO...PARKER...ROCKWALL...SOMERVELL...TARRANT ...WISE...ANDERSON...CAMP...CHEROKEE...DELTA...FRANKLIN...HENDERSON ...HOPKINS...LAMAR...MORRIS...RAINS...RED RIVER...SMITH...TITUS... UPSHUR...VAN ZANDT...AND WOOD. AT 330 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE WAS LOCATED ALONG A GAINSVILLE..SHERMAN...BONHAM...HUGO OKLAHOMA LINE. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE SHERMAN AREA AND THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS STOPPED MOVING SOUTH AND IS DEVELOPING NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE DENISON AREA. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF DENISON AND SHOULD MERGE WITH THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM OVER THE DENISON AREA. THE RESULT SHOULD BE AN DRAMATIC INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE DENISON AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR HIGH WIND... INTENSE HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE FLOODING...eHAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 418 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE REMAINED OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA BUT IT IS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. AT 418 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHERMAN NORTHEASTWARD INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN SHERMAN AND BONHAM AND JUST NORTH OF BONHAM ALONG THE RED RIVER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS FROM NEAR ANSON TO NEAR HASKELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 458 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR FANNIN AND LAMAR COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA BUT IS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. AT 455 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN BONHAM AND PARIS AND NORTWEST OF PARIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF PARIS BY 510 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR OF A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. YOU CAN EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 545 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HILL COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING... AT 540 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING IN BOSQUE..CORYELL OR HILL COUNTIES. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ABILENE TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA IS ABOUT 120 MILES NORTHWEST OF WACO. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARIS TO NEAR TEXARKANA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CORYELL..BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Haskell, Jones | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Red River | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.