Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 1988, 7:38 PM CST for Hunt County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- Mar 11, 1988, 7:38 PM CST (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1988, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hunt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 7:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Hunt, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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
- 406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFTW 120138
SVRFTW
TXC231-120245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
738 PM CST FRI MAR 11 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...HUNT
AT 735 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GREENVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 730 PM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, Mar 11, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 530 PM CST WED MAR 11 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 525 PM...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS INCREASING IN COVERAGE IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE RED RIVER JUST NORTHEAST OF SHERMAN TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HAMILTON IN HAMILTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE RED RIVER BETWEEN SHERMAN AND BONHAM. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE MAJOR THREAT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD ALSO BEWARE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 600 PM CST WED MAR 11 1988 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR BONHAM TO SOUTH OF FORT WORTH... AT 600 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR BONHAM TO SOUTH OF FORT WORTH. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BONHAM...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CLEBURNE...AND NEAR MANSFIELD. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH MORE INTENSE WEATHER POSSIBLE IF FURTHER STRENGTHENING OCCURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND B:RIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:36 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 635 PM CST WED MAR 11 1988 ...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 630 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF PARIS TO DALLAS TO NEAR GLEN ROSE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN DALLAS AND SOUTH OF BONHAM...NORTHEAST OF BONHAM AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAXAHACHIE. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH MORE INTENSE WEATHER POSSIBLE IF FURTHER STRENGTHENING OCCURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AnND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:41 PM CST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 640 PM CST WED MAR 11 1988 ...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 640 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF PARIS TO DALLAS TO NEAR GLEN ROSE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN COLLIN COUNTY EAST OF MCKINNEY...SOUTH OF BONHAM AND BETWEEN DALLAS AND BURLESON. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL AND GUSTY WINDS... WITH MORE INTENSE WEATHER POSSIBLE IF FURTHER STRENGTHENING OCCURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNINpG AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:45 PM CST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CST WED MAR 11 1988 ...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 645 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF PARIS TO DALLAS TO NEAR GLEN ROSE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN COLLIN COUNTY EAST OF MCKINNEY...SOUTH OF BONHAM AND BETWEEN DALLAS AND BURLESON. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH MORE INTENSE WEATHER POSSIBLE IF FURTHER STRENGTHENING OCCURS. FREQUENT LIGyHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:57 PM CST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 655 PM CST FRI MAR 11 1988 AT 650 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF DALLAS TO GLEN ROSE. EVEN THOUGH THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR..THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. PERSONS IN BOSQUE COUNTY..ESPECIALLY THE WALNUT SPRINGS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS..THEREFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 58 min |
| Mar 11, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson, Somervell | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 58 min |
| Mar 11, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman | 48 min |
| Mar 11, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 68 min |
| Mar 11, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Upshur | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.