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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1986, 6:10 PM CST for Leon County, Robertson County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 19, 1986, 6:10 PM CST (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1986, 6:35 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Leon County, TX, Robertson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Leon, 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 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 19, 12:46 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1240 PM CST SAT APR 19 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR LARGE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 12:30 PM CST..WACO RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS FORMING WEST OF THE WACO AREA BETWEEN LAMPASAS AND WALNUT SPRINGS. OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTH OF ABILENE TO SOUTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..AND SOUTHEAST TO NEAR PALESTINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL WELLS TO DENTON WITH MOST MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES IN THE EVENT WARNINGS ARE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:44 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 140 PM CST SAT APR 19 1986 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WACO FROM THE WEST... AT 1:35 PM CST...RADAR SHOWED AN INCREASING LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.15 MILES WIDE..FROM LAKE TRAVIS NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN..NORTH TO JUST OF WACO NEAR CLIFTON..AND NORTHEAST TO DALLAS AND BEYOND. THE LINE WAS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MOVING EAST. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE JUST WEST OF VALLEY MILLS AND NORTHWEST OF ITALY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS INCREASING BY THE MINUTE. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA..LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WITHIN T;HE NEXT HOUR. OTHERWISE A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:36 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 230 PM CST SAT APR 19 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 101 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES FROM 2:30 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BELL..BOSQUE..LIMESTONE..CORYELL..HILL.. LEON..MCLENNAN..FALLS..ROBERTSON..MADISON..AND BRAZOS.. ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO APPROACH WACO FROM THE WEST... AT 2:20 PM CST..RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KILLEEN IN BELL COUNTY..TO JUST WEST OF WACO..TO SOUTHEAST OF WHITNEY IN HILL COUNTY. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PASS OVER THE CITY OF WACO DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE STRONGER STORMS. IN ADDITION..THE POSSIBILITY THAT OF A TORNADO COULD OCCUR SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 2:28 PM NEAR WHITNEY IN HILL COUNTY. OTHERWISE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM BROWNWOOD.. NORTHEAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND BEYOND INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THE WEATHER SYSTEM.
Local storm report, Apr 19, 5:20 PM CST, 50 minutes before
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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.