Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1986, 7:24 PM CST for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1986, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1986, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 895 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 040124 SVRFTW TXC423-040230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 724 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SMITH AT 720 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TYLER. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOVING NOTRTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARDS TYLER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 3, 2:58 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AT 2:55 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WISE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMMUNITIES OF BOYD ..PARADISE..AND RHONE ARE DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF STEPHENVILLE NORTH THROUGH PALO/ PINTO..PARKER..AND WISE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS OVER NORTH TEXAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:57 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO 60 MILES WEST OF PARIS. AT 3:50 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MINERAL WELLS VICINITY TO THE RED RIVER NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED JUST NORTH OF DECATUR. ALSO LIGHT SHOWERS WERE FORMING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL METROPLEX ALONG THE DALLAS/TARRANT COUNTY LINES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOURu. RESIDENTS OVER NORTH TEXAS AREA ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:01 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 500 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.. AT 455 PM CST HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN LIMESTONE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOUNDED IN AN AREA FROM CROSICANA TO CROCKETT TO NEAR BRYAN COLLEGE STATION TO TEMPLE BACK ACROSS WACO TO NEAR CORSICANA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAMPASAS TO HAMILTON TO FT WORTH. MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:02 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..AND THE SHERMAN/ PARIS AREAS..UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO 60 MILES WEST OF PARIS. AT 4:55 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH THE STEPHENVILLE AREA CONTINUING INTO SOMERVELL..HOOD..PARKER..WISE..NORTHEAST DENTON..AND COOKE COUNTIES. HEAVIEST RAINFALL INDICATIONS WERE IN HOOD..SOMERVELL ..AND COOKES COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL INDICATED WERE MOVING INTO WEST FREESTONE AND SOUTHWEST NAVARRO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OVER THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND MONITOR RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:22 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 520 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS..INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..AND THE SHERMAN/ PARIS AREAS..UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION TO 60 MILES WEST OF PARIS. AT 515 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF HOOD COUNTY NEAR CRESSON WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PART OF JOHNSON COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM JUST SOUTH OF CRESSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH BENBROOK ABOUT 5:30 AND DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AROUND 5:45. RESIDENTS AND MOTORIST IN TARRANT COUNTY AND THE FORT WORTH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTIONS IN CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:03 PM CST, 21 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 700 PM CST THU APR 3 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 655 PM CST RADAR SHOWS SHOW3ERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A FT WORTH WACO LINE. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BROWNWOOD AND ALSO AT BRADY. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Brown | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 69 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton, Tarrant | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Red River, Titus | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Red River, Titus | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Hopkins | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 12:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Red River, Titus | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 4:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Red River | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.