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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX

November 25, 1988Van Zandt County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 1988, 7:39 PM CST for Van Zandt County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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 25, 1988, 7:39 PM CST (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 25, 1988, 8:45 PM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Van Zandt County, TX, Wood 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
Nov 25, 7:40 PM CST	Hail 3.5	Van Zandt, TX
Nov 25, 7:45 PM CST	Hail 4.5	Wood, TX
Nov 25, 8:00 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Wood, TX
Nov 25, 8:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Wood, 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, Nov 25, 2:45 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 25, 2:54 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
255 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988

TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.

AT 250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIDGEPORT AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF WISE COUNTY.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD COMMERCE AND COOPER. A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO SITUATED JUST SOUTH OF WEATHERFORD MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST TOWARD NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN DENTON AND FORT WORTH. PEA
SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR ROANOKE AND IN NORTH FORT WORTH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND CONDITIONS ARE SUCH
THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL WANT TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION DURING THE AFTERNOON.

Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:17 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:45 PM CST, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 25, 6:48 PM CST, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 25, 7:20 PM CST, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
715 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE WACO AND
BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREAS...

AT 7:05 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL DECREASING
OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN WACO AND GROESBECK WHILE OTHER SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM
BASTROP...NORTHEAST ACROSS ROBERTSON COUNTY TO NEAR MARQUEZ. SHOWERS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

FARTHER NORTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF CORSICANA...TO NEAR ITALY...AND WESTWARD
TO NEAR GLEN JROSE. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH WELL BEYOND
THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS...AND WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 25, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hopkins	67 min
Nov 25, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Red River	60 min
Nov 25, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Rains, Van Zandt	64 min
Nov 25, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wood	63 min
Nov 25, 8:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Camp, Franklin, Titus	66 min
Nov 25, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Henderson, Smith, Van Zandt	58 min
Nov 25, 9:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Upshur, Wood	62 min
Nov 26, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	57 min
Nov 26, 3:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wood	61 min
Nov 26, 3:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone	68 min
Nov 26, 4:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Freestone	59 min
Nov 26, 5:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Cherokee	63 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.