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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 1988, 4:31 PM CDT for Cooke 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
- Oct 1, 1988, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1988, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cooke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cooke, 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 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, Oct 1, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 305 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 1988 AT 305 PM CDT...WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY THROUGH DUNCAN OK...SOUTHWEST TO ARCHER CITY TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE ARROWHEAD WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BOATERS ON LAKE ARROWHEAD SHOULD SEEK SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 410 PM CDT SAT OCT 01 1988 AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED TWO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHWEST OF DECATUR ON THE WISE-JACK COUNTY LINE. THE SECOND THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF MONTAGUE ON THE RED RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE CITIES OF DECATUR AND GAINESVILLE WILL BE UNDER OR NEARLY UNDER THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS BY 445 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Wise | 59 min |
| Oct 1, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 42 min |
| Oct 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 35 min |
| Oct 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 68 min |
| Oct 1, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 16 min |
| Oct 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 63 min |
| Oct 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 58 min |
| Oct 1, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Oct 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 60 min |
| Oct 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 68 min |
| Oct 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 62 min |
| Oct 1, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.