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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 11, 1987Jones County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 1987, 5:41 PM CDT for Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Sep 11, 1987, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 1987, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jones 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
Sep 11, 5:42 PM CDTHail 2Jones, 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, Sep 11, 12:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1233 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987

AT 1227 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NOTED OVER FORT HOOD TO LAKE BELTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.

05
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
133 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987

AT 127 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NOTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPPERAS COVE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR TEMPLE.

LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO FROM HAMILTON TO COPPERAS COVE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

05
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
227 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987

AT 223 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NOTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROGERS.

AN ISOLATED SHOW6ER WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE.

LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO FROM HAMILTON TO COPPERAS COVE.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.

05
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
342 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987

AT 332 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NOTED 10 MILES WEST OF HEARNE AND ANOTHER WEST OF GATESVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Shackelford59 min
Sep 11, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan, Shackelford56 min
Sep 11, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor62 min
Sep 11, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford63 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.