Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1987, 8:29 PM CDT for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 23, 1987, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1987, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Smith, 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 23, 5:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 510 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS ALONG THE RED RIVER UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT. AT 510 PM RADARS INDICATED A LINE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS THE RED RIVER BY 530 TO 600 PM. IF YOU ARE IN RED RIVER...LAMAR...FANNIN...GRAYSON OR COOKE COUNTIES ...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THESE APPROACHING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL IN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 540 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR THE RED RIVER UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT. AT 540 PM...RADARS INDICATED A LINE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS THE RED RIVER AROUND 600 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN DURANT AND HUGO OKLAHOMA. IF YOU ARE IN RED RIVER...LAMAR...FANNIN...GRAYSON OR COOKE COUNTIES ...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THESE APPROACHING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL IN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:40 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 740 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 735 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN HILL OR BOSQUE COUNTY. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GAINSVILLE TO NEAR TEXARKANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR A WARNINAG ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS 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 23, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 70 min |
| Jun 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.