Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1987, 9:17 PM CDT for Tarrant County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 23, 1987, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1987, 10:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tarrant 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 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Tarrant, 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 3545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 240217
TORFTW
TXC439-240315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
917 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...TARRANT
AT 915 PM...TARRANT COUNTY SPOTTERS WERE OBSERVING A POSSIBLE TORNADO
NEAR HASLETT MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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 23, 5:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes 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, Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 740 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 735 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN HILL OR BOSQUE COUNTY. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GAINSVILLE TO NEAR TEXARKANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR A WARNINAG ISSUED. 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 23, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 70 min |
| Jun 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stephens | 59 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.