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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 17, 1987Throckmorton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1987, 10:45 PM CDT for Throckmorton County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1987, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1987, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Throckmorton 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3050 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

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 17, 6:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
630 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
   ...BOSQUE...HILL...LIMESTONE...FALLS...MCLENNAN...LEON...
    BRAZOS...ROBERTSON...AND MADISON. THIS INCLUDES WACO AND
    BRYAN/COLLEGE...

AT 6:25 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DALLAS...TO 10 MILES EAST OF CORSICANA...
TO SOUTHEAST OF CROCKETT. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
RAPIDLY SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO LEON AND PORTIONS OF MADISON...
LIMESTONE...AND HILL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER BE SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
910 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN
TEXAS WHICH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

AT 910 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCLENNAN AND LIMESTONE COUNTY. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN WACO AND GROESBECK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY
OVER CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF AN ABILENE TO WICHITA FALLS LINE WERE
DRIFTING EASTWARD AND WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:02 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
955 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987

AT 955 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND
FREQUENT VIVID LIGHTNING HAD MOVED INTO BELL...FALLS...AND NORTHERN
ROBERTSON COUNTIES. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLE
TO 10 MILES WEST OF LOTT TO BREMOND. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT AROUND 30
MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

03

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEllis64 min
Jun 17, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox41 min
Jun 17, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher57 min
Jun 18, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath43 min
Jun 18, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor50 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.