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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Fort Worth, TX

October 1, 1988Hamilton County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 1988, 5:57 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 1988, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton 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, 2 hours 51 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, 1 hour 46 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.
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
429 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN
AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 428 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING FROM
DALLAS TO COLEMAN.

NO RAIN WAS NOTED IN ANY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES. HOWEVER...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO HILL AND BOSQUE
COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT! HOUR OR SO.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A WIND SHIFT LINE MOVING THROUGH
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Oct 1, 5:38 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
531 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...MCLENNAN
AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 529 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM CLEBURNE TO WEST OF HICO.

RAIN WAS NOTED IN NORTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY AND ALSO BEGINNING TO MOVE
INTO NORTHWESTERN HILL COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL...STRONG
GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO BOSQUE
DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES ESPECIALLY THE EXTREME NORTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A WIND SHIFT LINwE MOVING THROUGH
NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke, Wise59 min
Oct 1, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague42 min
Oct 1, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague35 min
Oct 1, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke59 min
Oct 1, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDErath, Hood, Somervell68 min
Oct 1, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise16 min
Oct 1, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton63 min
Oct 1, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJohnson58 min
Oct 1, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque49 min
Oct 1, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTarrant60 min
Oct 1, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque68 min
Oct 1, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDallas62 min
Oct 1, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCoryell34 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.