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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 24, 1987Grayson County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1987, 6:14 PM CST for Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
Nov 24, 1987, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1987, 7:15 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Grayson 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 24, 6:30 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Grayson, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Nov 24, 4:43 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
440 PM CST TUE NOV 24 1987

...HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
   LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

THE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP AS A COLD FRONT LOCATED
FROM WEST OF WICHITA FALLS TO NORTH OF MIDLAND MOVES SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTH TEXAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE COLD FRONT...AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE OVER NORTHERN
MEXICO IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD OVER NORTH TEXAS.
THIS UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE SHOULD CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONTAL ZONE IN NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVFICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS AND WEST
FORT WORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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.