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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 28, 1987Shackelford County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1987, 3:00 PM CDT for Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
May 28, 1987, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1987, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Shackelford 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
May 28, 3:22 PM CDTTornado F0Shackelford, 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 nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3184 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1987-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
9.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABI 282000
TORABI
TXC417-282100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
300 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ...SHACKELFORD
 
AT 300 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF
ALBANY MOVING TO THE EAST 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL 0WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall61 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton56 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton21 min
May 27, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton55 min
May 27, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStonewall76 min
May 27, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque24 min
May 27, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
May 27, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStonewall45 min
May 27, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens68 min
May 28, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDScurry33 min
May 28, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDNolan65 min
May 28, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor66 min
May 28, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones60 min
May 28, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDScurry67 min
May 28, 1:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita3 hr
May 28, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas60 min
May 28, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens55 min
May 28, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor62 min
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
May 28, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland60 min
May 28, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan54 min
May 28, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDStephens65 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland55 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan40 min
May 28, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor63 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker29 min
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDWichita3 hr
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan65 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland47 min
May 28, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise58 min
May 28, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton65 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown60 min
May 28, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker56 min
May 28, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant67 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDParker2 hr
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDDenton2 hr
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones, Shackelford60 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor60 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDLamar61 min
May 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton60 min
May 28, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood, Parker60 min
May 28, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin68 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant62 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.