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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 30, 1987Nolan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1987, 1:10 AM CDT for Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1987, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1987, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nolan 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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
May 30, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDRobertson4 hr
May 30, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell65 min
May 30, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan40 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.