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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 1, 1988Wise County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 1988, 4:59 PM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 16 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 1, 1988, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 1988, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Wise County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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 53 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, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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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, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cooke	59 min
Oct 1, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Erath, Hood, Somervell	68 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

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