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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 3, 1987Cooke County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1987, 4:16 AM CDT for Cooke County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1987, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1987, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cooke 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, May 2, 11:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 3, 12:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1230 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987

AT 1225 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER 20 MILES IN
DIAMETER 35 MILES NORTH OF FORT WORTH. MOVEMENT W;AS NORTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 1:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
130 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987

AT 125 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN HAS FORMED 40 MILES WEST OF MINERAL WELLS. [MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 2:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
225 AM CDT SUN MAY 03 1987

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST EASTLAND COUNTY...

AT 2:20 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST CALLAHAN AND NORTHEAST COLEMAN COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST EASTLAND COUNTY NEAR RISING STAR WITHIN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS WARRANTED.
Special weather statement, May 3, 2:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
235 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1987

AT 225 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN FOR 30 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FORT WORTH TO 30 MILES WEST OF BROWNWOOD.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan, Coleman60 min
May 3, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland55 min
May 3, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown60 min
May 3, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Palo Pinto58 min
May 3, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker, Wise67 min
May 3, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrown80 min
May 3, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDColeman40 min
May 3, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche65 min
May 3, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque56 min
May 3, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton61 min
May 3, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant56 min
May 3, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson65 min
May 3, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton59 min
May 3, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque52 min
May 3, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill64 min
May 3, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell, McLennan61 min
May 3, 7:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan57 min
May 3, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, McLennan62 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.