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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 19, 1987Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT for Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 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 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 19, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 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, 2 hours 40 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, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:29 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Tarrant	54 min
Jun 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Bosque	65 min
Jun 20, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Haskell, Throckmorton	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987 Every 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.