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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 15, 1986Baylor County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1986, 5:20 PM CDT for Baylor County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 1986, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1986, 6:20 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Baylor County, TX, Wilbarger 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 15, 12:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Clay	60 min
May 14, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Archer	8 min
May 14, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Clay	60 min
May 14, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	60 min
May 14, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	Montague	25 min
May 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	55 min
May 14, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Wichita	30 min
May 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Clay	45 min
May 14, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Montague	60 min
May 14, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Cooke	67 min
May 14, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Grayson	60 min
May 14, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Limestone, McLennan	55 min
May 15, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Fannin	63 min
May 15, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Knox	60 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.