Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1986, 2:53 PM CDT for Navarro County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 1986, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1986, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Navarro 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 051953 SVRFTW TXC349-052045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 253 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...NAVARRO AT 245 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS JUST WEST OF CORSICANA. THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH..AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A BOATER ON THE LAKES OR A CAMPER..MOVE TO SHELTER. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THIS AREA YOU SHOULD AVOID AREAS NEAR CREEKS..STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS THE VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
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, Sep 5, 9:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
950 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986
...SHOWERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS...
AT 945 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS
DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF BOSQUE COUNTY. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS WERE NOTED NORTH OF HILL COUNTY AS WELL. ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Sep 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1110 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN HILL COUNTY...
AT 1105 AM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED MODERATE SHOWERS
AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN HILL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS
WERE 6 MILES NORTHWEST AND 4 MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO. MOVEMENT OF
ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE HEAVY RAINS
ARE AFFECTING A LARGE PORTION OF I-35 THROUGH HILL COUNTY. MOTORIST
ON I-35..I-35E AND I-35W ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. BRIEF FLASH FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSItNG MAY
ALSO OCCUR. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A
VEHICLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS
FOR ADDTIONAL STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Sep 5, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1230 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986
...SHOWERS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL TEXAS...
AT 1225 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS FROM WAXAHACHE THROUGH HILL COUNTY SOUTH OF HILLSBORO
INTO SOUTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY AND NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST
SHOWERS WERE IN SOUTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY JUST WEST OF VALLEY MILLS..AND
IN NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GATESVILLE. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. NO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED IN CENTRAL TEXAS...
HOWEVER VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN NORTH TEXAS AND MAY DEVELOPE OVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Sep 5, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
^FTWSPSACT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
250 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE...
AT 245 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TYLER TO CORSICANA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WACO TO GATESVILLE TO SAN SABA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS IN CENTRAL
TEXAS WERE ALONG THE MCLENNAN..BOSQUE..HILL COUNTY BORDERS FROM WEST
TO VALLEY MILLS. OTHkER SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY AND
IN CENTRAL HILL COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT
20 MPH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.Special weather statement, Sep 5, 1:55 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
^FTWSPSACT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
150 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 1986
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE...
AT 145 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TYLER TO CORSICANA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WACO TO GATESVILLE TO SAN SABA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS IN CENTRAL
TEXAS WERE ALONG THE MCLENNAN..BOSQUE..HILL COUNTY BORDERS FROM WEST
TO VALLEY MILLS. sOTHER SHOWERS WERE IN NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY AND
IN CENTRAL HILL COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT
20 MPH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. STATIONS
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wood | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 3 hr |
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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.