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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 1987, 9:58 PM CST for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1987, 9:58 PM CST (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1987, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 170358
TORFTW
TXC193-170430-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
958 PM CST MON MAR 16 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...HAMILTON
AT 950 PM CST THE HAMILTON SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 16, 6:14 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 610 PM CST MON MAR 16 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WHICH ALSO INCLUDES PART OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY AREA... AT 600 PM CST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BETWEEN KILLEEN AND LAMPASAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS WERE ALSO ON THE INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. YOU ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED AND ALERT TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING INCREASES THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 6:59 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 700 PM CST MON MAR 16 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA... AT 700 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE JOHNSON-HILL COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILLSBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING ALMOST DUE NORTH ABOUT 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND APPROACHES TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TIL 9PM. ALTHOUGH THE METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH..THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT GENERALLY WEST OF A PARIS TO CENTERVILLE LINE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 25 min |
| Mar 16, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 1:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls, McLennan | 66 min |
| Mar 17, 1:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 6:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.