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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Fort Worth, TX

July 3, 1988Callahan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1988, 12:46 PM CDT for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1988, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1988, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Callahan 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1988-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1730 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1988-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABI 031746
TORABI
TXC059-031845-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1246 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH PART OF TEXAS
      CALLAHAN

AT 1245 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHEAST
CALLAHAN COUNTY...BETWEEN COTTONWOOD AND RISING STAR.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

IF YOU SEE A TORNADO...ASK THE NEAREST~ LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown65 min
Jul 3, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland48 min
Jul 3, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson30 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant34 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.