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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1986, 11:50 PM CDT for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 13, 1986, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1986, 12:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell 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 13, 11:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Haskell, 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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 13, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1050 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 1040 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN SEYMOUR IN BAYLOR COUNTY AND WICHITA FALLS IN WICHITA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR MANKIN IN ARCHER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND ANSON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 13, 11:07 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1105 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE EVENT
720 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CRAFTON AT WISE
COUNTY.
750 PM CDT OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTER REPORTED
MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL..AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALVORD IN WISE COUNTY. ALSO..
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH REPORTED NORTH OF
ALVORD.
805 PM CDT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
JUST EAST OF ALVORD.Special weather statement, May 13, 11:43 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 60 min |
| May 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 40 min |
| May 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher | 60 min |
| May 13, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 68 min |
| May 13, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 53 min |
| May 13, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell, Jones | 60 min |
| May 13, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 60 min |
| May 13, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Nolan | 63 min |
| May 13, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor, Young | 60 min |
| May 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 55 min |
| May 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher, Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 13, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 60 min |
| May 13, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 60 min |
| May 13, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 65 min |
| May 14, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hardeman | 43 min |
| May 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| May 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Baylor | 60 min |
| May 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard, Knox | 60 min |
| May 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wilbarger | 60 min |
| May 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger | 60 min |
| May 14, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Archer | 60 min |
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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.