Tornado Warning 37, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Jun 23, 1987, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 23, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Fannin County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TXC147-240000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
602 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ...FANNIN
 
AT 602 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO TORNADOES ON EACH SIDE OF HIGHWAY
100 MOVING TOWARD HONEY GROVE.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
510 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IN NORTH
TEXAS ALONG THE RED RIVER UNTIL 900 PM CDT TONIGHT.

AT 510 PM RADARS INDICATED A LINE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS THE RED RIVER BY
530 TO 600 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN RED RIVER...LAMAR...FANNIN...GRAYSON OR COOKE COUNTIES
...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THESE APPROACHING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL
IN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
540 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IN NORTH
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR THE RED RIVER UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TONIGHT.

AT 540 PM...RADARS INDICATED A LINE A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE RED RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS THE RED RIVER
AROUND 600 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN DURANT AND
HUGO OKLAHOMA.

IF YOU ARE IN RED RIVER...LAMAR...FANNIN...GRAYSON OR COOKE COUNTIES
...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR THESE APPROACHING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL
IN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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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.