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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 1987, 7:32 PM CDT for Dallas County, Denton 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
- Jul 16, 1987, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1987, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, TX, Denton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Dallas, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 KFTW 170038 COR TORFTW TXC113-121-170130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING ... CORRECTED TO INCLUDE TIME PSBL TORNADO WAS LOCATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 732 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...NORTHWEST DALLAS AND DENTON AT 730 PM, A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF DFW AIRPORT MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST DENTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GOK TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GEET 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, Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 325 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 AT 320 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MADISON COUNTY FROM MADISONVILLE TO THE TRINITY RIVER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 AT 600 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO IN HILL COUNTY..5 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN IN ROBERTSON COUNTY AND 10 MILES NORTH OF MADISONVILLE IN MADISON COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILLSBORO TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF GROESBECK. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS ALSO OCCURRING NEAR HEARNE IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM OVER MADISON COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO LEON COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:36 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
162332AL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE METROPLEX... AT 630 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ...RESIDENTS IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL TO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE WATER STANDING ON SOME ROADWAYS. KEEP INFORMED OF DEVELOPING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA BY TUNING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO..OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:49 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIALL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 AT 645 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FORT WORTH...WEST OF CORSICANA...AND ALONG THE RED RIVER NORTHWEST OF SHERMAN. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH WHILE THOSE THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST TEXAS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL TO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY WATER STANDING ON SOME ROADWAYS. KEEP INFORMED OF DEVELOPING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA BY TUNING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO.."OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIALL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 720 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDER- STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA NEAR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT...TO SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY NEAR WAXAHACHIE TO NAVARRO COUNTY NEAR CORSICANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTH AND EAST TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 715 PM...ESTIMATED GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED IN THE BEDFORD AREA OF TARRANT COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ALSO...THERE COULD BE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHIL;E ON THE ROAD. HEAVY RAIN COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES. TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WEATHER SITUATION...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR YOUR TELEVISION.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 720 PM CDT THU JUL 16 1987 AT 715 PM CDT LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER LIMESTONE COUNTY NORTH OF GROESBECK AND EAST OF MEXIA. A MODERATE SHOWER WAS 20 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE OVER EXTREME EASTERN LEON COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORSICANA TO THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS PLANNING TO DRIVE TOWARD DALLAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER..DRIVING INTO= VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 47 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.