Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1987, 4:18 PM CDT for McLennan County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 3, 1987, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1987, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mclennan, TX | |
| Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mclennan, TX | |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mclennan, 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, 9.3 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KACT 032118
TORACT
TXC309-032215-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
418 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...MCLENNAN
AT 418 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 77
JUST SOUTH OF DOWNSVILLE TEXAS.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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, Jun 3, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1045 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE SECTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS..MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY... AT 1040 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN..WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO BRAZOS COUNTY AND EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD INTO MADISON AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST LEON COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION NEAR THE TOWN OF SOMERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE..HEAVY SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY 15 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING FROM NEAR MERIDIAN TO NORTH OF HILLSBORO. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES.. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS COULD STILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PERSONS IN THESE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED. PERSONS IN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED OCCUR. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER EITHER IN VEHICLES OR ON FOOT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1200 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1987 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE SECTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZOS..MADISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES FOR TODAY... AT 1155 AM CDT LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MOST OF BRAZOS COUNTY. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE..LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE ISOLATED OVER WESTERN BELL COUNTY NEAR KILLEEN..WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY NEAR EVANT AND NORTHERN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF CORYELL COUNTY..HOWEVER VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY DUMPED 2.68 INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS IN THE TOWN OF BEE HOUSE. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING DOWN BEE HOUSE CREEK AND INTO COW HOUSE CREEK NEAR FORT HOOD. PERSONS ALONG BEE HOUSE CREEK SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS RUNOFF AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED OCCUR. DOk NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER EITHER IN VEHICLES OR ON FOOT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 1
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
NORTH TEXAS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1145 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1987 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER A PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY EAST OF A PARIS...GREENVILLE...CORSICANA...CENTERVILLE LINE. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY SINCE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS TEND TO MOVE SLOWLY ONCE THEY FORM. LATE THIS MORNING A COLD FRONT HAD WALLOWED DOWN INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM THE SHREVEPORT AREA WEST TO NEAR WACO. THIS FRONT WAS INTERACTING WITH A BOUNDARY SEPARATING WARM...MOIST AIR...FROM AN AIRMASS COOLED BY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT. THE BOUNDARY STRETCHED ROUGHLY FROM THE FRONT EAST OF DALLAS...SOUTH TO NEAR HOUSTON. THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...AND PARTICULARLY THOSE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE BOUNDARY AND THE COLD FRONT...OFFER THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AS HEATING CONTINUES IN THE RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED AIR TO THE EAST. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH TEXAS THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SITUATED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS NEAR STEPHENVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS OFFER LESS CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER SINCE DAYTIME HEATING IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND NORTHERLY WINDS. STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS OVER EAST TEX~AS MAY WANT TO STAY ON THE ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 03
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
310 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1987
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...
AT 308 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY ALONG THE
PATH OF THE STORM.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brazos | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Coryell | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 44 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.