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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT for Callahan County, Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 6, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Callahan County, TX, Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Coleman, TX | |
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Coleman, TX | |
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Coleman, TX | |
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Coleman, 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 6, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 525 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS... AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RESIDENTS OF STEPHENS AND EASTLAND COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL FROM THESE STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Wichita | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 55 min |
| May 6, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 62 min |
| May 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 40 min |
| May 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 65 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.