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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Fort Worth, TX

June 8, 1986Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT for Fisher County, Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1986, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fisher County, TX, Nolan County, TX

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1499 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBrazos3 hr
Jun 8, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise34 min
Jun 8, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton67 min
Jun 8, 6:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHamilton4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.