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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 1987, 5:19 PM CDT for Callahan County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
- Sep 11, 1987, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Callahan County, TX, Shackelford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Callahan, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 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 KABI 112219
TORABI
TXC059-417-112315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
519 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...CALLAHAN...SHACKELFORD
AT 520 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF
MORAN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 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.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, Sep 11, 12:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1233 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987 AT 1227 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED OVER FORT HOOD TO LAKE BELTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. 05
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 133 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987 AT 127 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPPERAS COVE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR TEMPLE. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO FROM HAMILTON TO COPPERAS COVE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 05
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 227 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987 AT 223 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROGERS. AN ISOLATED SHOW6ER WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE. LIGHT SHOWERS WERE ALSO FROM HAMILTON TO COPPERAS COVE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. 05
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 342 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1987 AT 332 PM CDT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED 10 MILES WEST OF HEARNE AND ANOTHER WEST OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 59 min |
| Sep 11, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 62 min |
| Sep 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| Sep 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 63 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.