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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1987, 6:43 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1987, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1987, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 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 272343
TORFTW
TXC193-280045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
643 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...HAMILTON
THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE ROWN OF EVANT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWNS OF
EVANT...OHIO...ALEMAN...AND WHITEWAY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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, May 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 315 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF WACO TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BELL COUNTY NEAR BARTLETT MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE WACO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE NORTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION.
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 445 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF NORTH TEXAS...THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. THE WATCH IS ALONG AND 70 STATUE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TO 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. THE CITIES OF ABILENE... SEYMOUR..HASKELL AND ANSON ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 440 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTH OF GATESVILLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF CORYELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THR=EATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:46 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 545 PM CDT WED MAY 27 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS...THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN LAMPASAS COUNTY...SOUTHWEST MCLENNAN COUNTY...AND NEAR CANTON IN CENTRAL VAN ZANDT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH LAMPASAS COUNTY WAS INTENSIFYING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FORI THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK COVER IN A REINFORCED SHELTER IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Knox | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hardeman | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Knox | 60 min |
| May 27, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.