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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 24, 1988Coleman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1988, 8:31 PM CDT for Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Apr 24, 1988, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1988, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Coleman 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
Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDTTornado F1Coleman, 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack60 min
Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung45 min
Apr 24, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise59 min
Apr 24, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath, Palo Pinto57 min
Apr 24, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDParker59 min
Apr 24, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHood40 min
Apr 24, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant44 min
Apr 24, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson64 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes 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.