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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Fort Worth, TX

March 1, 1988Baylor County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 1988, 8:20 PM CST for Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Mar 1, 1988, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 1988, 9:10 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Baylor 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
Mar 1, 8:45 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 54	Baylor, 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, Mar 1, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours 34 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
Mar 1, 6:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Clay, Wichita	35 min
Mar 1, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Young	45 min
Mar 1, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Clay, Wichita	60 min
Mar 1, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Archer, Clay, Wichita	35 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.