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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 1988, 9:58 PM CST for Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Nov 25, 1988, 9:58 PM CST (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 1988, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Upshur 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado F1 | 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 nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
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, 6:17 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 610 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 6:00 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THE STRONG STORM REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST HILL COUNTY HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN BELL... FALLS...AND SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM HICO TO FORT WORTH. PART OF THIS BAND IS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE COUNTY. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF LAKE DAWSON NORTHEASTWARD TO WEST OF SULPHUR SPRINGS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE DALLAS AREA. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:45 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
600 PM CDT FRI NOV 25 1988
TIME OF OCCURRENCE EVENT
243 PM CST SML HAIL/HVY RAIN MERIDIAN ST PARK BY
BOSQUE SO.
253 PM CST SML HAIL/HVY RAIN MERIDIAN AREA OF BOSQUE
CO BY RAINFALL OBS.
331 PM CST QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLIFTON AREA OF BOSQUE
COUNTY BY CLIFTON PD.
345 PM CST ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE WHITNEY
IN HILL COUNTY BY STORM SPOTTER.
400 PM CST MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR MCLENNAN JR COLLEGE
IN NW WACO BY EMPLOYEE OF WACO TRIBUNE
415 PM CST (APPROX) GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN LAKE WHITNEY
AREA OF HILL COUNTY BY HAM OPERATOR.
440 PM CST MARBLE SIZE HAIL BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
AT CHINA SPRINGS NW WACO IN MCLENNAN CO.
545 PM CST HIGH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST
HILL COUNTY AT IRENE.Local storm report, Nov 25, 6:48 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
640 PM CDT FRI NOV 25 1988
TIME OF OCCURRENCE EVENT
243 PM CST SML HAIL/HVY RAIN MERIDIAN ST PARK BY
BOSQUE SO.
253 PM CST SML HAIL/HVY RAIN MERIDIAN AREA OF BOSQUE
CO BY RAINFALL OBS.
331 PM CST QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLIFTON AREA OF BOSQUE
COUNTY BY CLIFTON PD.
345 PM CST ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL NEAR LAKE WHITNEY
IN HILL COUNTY BY STORM SPOTTER.
400 PM CST MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR MCLENNAN JR COLLEGE
IN NW WACO BY EMPLOYEE OF WACO TRIBUNE
415 PM CST (APPROX) GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN LAKE WHITNEY
AREA OF HILL COUNTY BY HAM OPERATOR.
440 PM CST MARBLE SIZE HAIL BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
AT CHINA SPRINGS NW WACO IN MCLENNAN CO.
545 PM CST HIGH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST
HILL COUNTY AT IRENE.Special weather statement, Nov 25, 7:20 PM CST, 2 hours 38 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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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, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt, Wood | 66 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.