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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 15, 1987Bowie County, Cass County, Marion County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1987, 12:40 AM CST for Bowie County, Cass County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 70 min. 3 reports 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: Feb 15, 1987, 12:40 AM CST (06:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 1987, 1:50 AM CST
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Marion 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
Feb 15, 1:02 AM CST	Hail 1	Cass, TX
Feb 15, 1:10 AM CST	Hail 1	Marion, TX
Feb 15, 1:15 AM CST	Hail 1	Bowie, 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 severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 14, 9:43 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 11:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin, Madison	55 min
Feb 15, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	70 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.