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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 22, 1987Foard County, Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1987, 11:05 PM CST for Foard County, Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 1987, 11:05 PM CST (05:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1987, 12:05 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Foard County, TX, Hardeman 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 1:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens53 min
Mar 23, 8:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River32 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.