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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 14, 1986Foard County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1986, 5:15 PM CDT for Foard County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1986, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1986, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Foard County, TX, Knox County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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 14, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 2:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

AT 2:45 PM CDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTOMS
NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE AND NEAR BOWIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
400 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES
   OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...

AT 355 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA..AND WEST OF
AUSTIN.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPIATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.  OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST TEXAS EXTENDING
INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

                                                                            
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
355 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

AT 345 PM CDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BENJAMIN IN KNOX COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM SOUTH OF AUSTIN TO NEAR BRYAN. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS
WERE DEVELOPING NEAR GAINESVILLE.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:51 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
450 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

AT 445PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BENJAMIN IN KNOX COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS OBSERVED NEAR AUSTIN MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO RAIN WAS SHOWN IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT
WORTH METROPLEX.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM`S IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan60 min
May 13, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan40 min
May 13, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher60 min
May 13, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise68 min
May 13, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones53 min
May 13, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHaskell, Jones60 min
May 13, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDShackelford, Throckmorton60 min
May 13, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell, Nolan63 min
May 13, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Young60 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan55 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher, Mitchell60 min
May 13, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor60 min
May 13, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Wichita60 min
May 13, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStonewall65 min
May 13, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell60 min
May 14, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman43 min
May 14, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
May 14, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBaylor60 min
May 14, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger60 min
May 14, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger60 min
May 14, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDArcher60 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.