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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 6, 1987, 7:55 AM CST for Freestone County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 1987, 7:55 AM CST (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 1987, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Freestone County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 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 061355
TORFTW
TXC161-061500-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
755 AM CST SUN DEC 6 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...FREESTONE
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR THE TOWN OF DEW IN FREESTONE
COUNTY AT 750 AM. THE STORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THIS ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 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, Dec 6, 2:28 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 225 AM CST SUN DEC 06 1987 AT 215 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS OBSERVED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM WACO THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO NEAR NEAR SHERMAN AND GAINSVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF DENTON COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF DENTON. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOlR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 2:52 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 250 AM CST SUN DEC 06 1987 AT 245 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR WACO THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO NEAR GAINSVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF DENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BEWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 2:57 AM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 255 AM CST SUN DEC 06 1987 AT 245 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR WACO THROUGH THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX TO NEAR GAINESVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF DENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 6:11 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 610 AM CST SUN DEC 6 1987 AT 605 AM CST RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF WACO FROM CORSICANA SOUTHWARD TO MEXIA..GROESBECK AND KOSSEZ MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. 02
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 6:30 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 630 AM CST SUN DEC 06 1987 AT 625 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS OBSERVED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GROESBECK IN LIMESTONE COUNTY TO PARIS IN LAMAR COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO OKLAHOMA AND EASTWARD INTO EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTHEST OF GROESBECK TO JUST EAST OF CORSICANA AND BETWEEN CROCKETT AND PALESTINE. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. vBE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Dec 6, 7:36 AM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 735 AM CST SUN DEC 06 1987 AT 730 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS OBSERVED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...OVER EAST TEXAS AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD IN FREESTONE COUNTY TO NEAR GREENVILLE IN HUNT COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE JUST NORTH OF GAINESVILLE AND EXTENDED TO THE RED RIVER AND OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR FAIRFIELD...AND ALSO NEAR TYLER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 65 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.