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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1987, 4:17 PM CDT for Fisher County, Jones County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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 19, 1987, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1987, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fisher County, TX, Jones 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 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Jones, 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 200 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
- 2548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABI 192117
TORABI
TXC151-253-192215-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
417 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...NORTHEASTERN FISHER
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...NORTHWESTERN JONES
AT 416 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HAMLIN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
IN HOMES AND APARTMENTS...INTERIOR BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. COVER YOURSELF WITH
BLANKETS OR CLOTHING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.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 19, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 MP CDT TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING NORTCH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...COMANCHE...COOKE...EASTLAND ...ERATH...HAMILTON...HOOD...PALO PINTO...PARKER...SOMERVELL... STEPHENS...AND WISE. AT 305 PM CDT AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTOMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM MONTAGUE TO SHERMAN TO HUGO OKLAHOMA. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST TO 30 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SHERMAN DENISON AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SHERMAN. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY AS IT MOVEDS FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTSM WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 MP CDT TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING NORTCH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...COMANCHE...COOKE...EASTLAND ...ERATH...HAMILTON...HOOD...PALO PINTO...PARKER...SOMERVELL... STEPHENS...AND WISE. AT 305 PM CDT AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTOMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM MONTAGUE TO SHERMAN TO HUGO OKLAHOMA. THE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST TO 30 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SHERMAN DENISON AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN SHERMAN. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY AS IT MOVEDS FURTHER SOUTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENPTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 300 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING...INCLUDING BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING HILL COUNTY... AT 325 PM CDT NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN OR NEAR THE WACO AREA...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF DALLAS ALONG THE RED RIVER MOVING SOUTHEAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTH OF ABILENE AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV..OR RADIO FOR F^URTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 335 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN 1/3 OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 MP CDT TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE REMAINED OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES FOLLOWING COUNTIES NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES...COLLIN...COOKE...DALLAS... DENTON...ELLIS...FANNIN...FREESTONE...GRAYSON...HODD...HUNT... JOHNSON...KAUFMAN...NAVARRO...PARKER...ROCKWALL...SOMERVELL...TARRANT ...WISE...ANDERSON...CAMP...CHEROKEE...DELTA...FRANKLIN...HENDERSON ...HOPKINS...LAMAR...MORRIS...RAINS...RED RIVER...SMITH...TITUS... UPSHUR...VAN ZANDT...AND WOOD. AT 330 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE WAS LOCATED ALONG A GAINSVILLE..SHERMAN...BONHAM...HUGO OKLAHOMA LINE. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE SHERMAN AREA AND THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS STOPPED MOVING SOUTH AND IS DEVELOPING NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE DENISON AREA. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF DENISON AND SHOULD MERGE WITH THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM OVER THE DENISON AREA. THE RESULT SHOULD BE AN DRAMATIC INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE DENISON AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR HIGH WIND... INTENSE HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE FLOODING...eHAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin, Lamar | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Haskell, Jones | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Red River | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan, Shackelford | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 60 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.