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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1988, 12:53 PM CST for Upshur County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 19, 1988, 12:53 PM CST (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1988, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upshur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 1:05 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Upshur, TX | |
| Nov 19, 1:33 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Upshur, 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 7:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 32 min |
| Nov 19, 11:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins, Wood | 64 min |
| Nov 19, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins | 60 min |
| Nov 19, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 33 min |
| Nov 19, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 67 min |
| Nov 19, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 37 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.