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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1987, 2:31 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1987, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1987, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLennan 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACT 021931
TORACT
TXC309-022030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
231 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...EASTERN MCLENNAN
AT 230 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN
OF RIESEL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU LIVE &IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.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, Jun 2, 8:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 845 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 840 AM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN OR NEAR BRAZOS COUNTY. MOTERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COPPERAS COVE TO NEAR KERRVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1015 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 1010 AM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN OR NEAR BRAZOS COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN SABA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1110 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 1105 AM CDT LIGHT SHOWERS HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISOVILLE AND 20 MILES EAST OF CROCKETT IN HOUSTON COUNTY. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN TO 3<0 MILES WEST OF EASTLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
NORTH TEXAS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1155 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THAT PART OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A SHERMAN TO DALLAS TO WACO LINE. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH TEXAS...THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF OCCURRANCE WOULD BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD MOST LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH TORNADOES BEING LESS LIKELY TO OCCUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. A COOL FRONT LOCATED FROM CENTRAL KANSAS...THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND SOUTH TO THE BIG BEND AREA...WAS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE COOL FRONT...SOUTH WINDS CONTINUED TO PUMP ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...PRIMING THE AIR FOR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE OVER THE DEL RIO AREA WAS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE CONVECTION AS IT MOVED SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM SPOTTER ~NETWORKS MAY BE ACTIVATED IN SCATTERED COUNTIES OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1110 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 1105 AM CDT LIGHT SHOWERS HAD FORMED NEAR CALDWELL AND BRENHAM. ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN TO COMANCHE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY AND FROM GEORGETOWN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF KILLEEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1205 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 1200 NOON CDT LIGHT SHOWERS HAD FORMED NEAR CALDWELL AND BRENHAM. ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN TO COMANCHE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY AND FROM GEORGETOWN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF KILLEEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 35 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.