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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 3, 1986Comanche County, Eastland County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1986, 7:05 PM CST for Comanche County, Eastland County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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: Apr 3, 1986, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1986, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland 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
Apr 3, 7:15 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Comanche, 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 text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFTW 040105
TORFTW
TXC093-133-040200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
705 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...COMANCHE AND EASTLAND

AT 700 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF COMANCHE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNATE THREATENS THE FOLLOWING
COMMUNITIES..SIPE SPRINGS..DUSTER AND RISING STAR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO..GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON6 CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR
CULVERT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Brown	60 min
Apr 3, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Anderson, Henderson	69 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	67 min
Apr 3, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Denton, Tarrant	62 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Henderson	56 min
Apr 3, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Van Zandt	65 min
Apr 3, 7:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Smith	66 min
Apr 3, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Comanche	59 min
Apr 3, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Franklin, Red River, Titus	56 min
Apr 4, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Franklin, Red River, Titus	64 min
Apr 4, 3:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hunt	59 min
Apr 4, 4:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Delta, Hopkins	46 min
Apr 4, 12:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	Red River, Titus	4 hr
Apr 4, 2:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	60 min
Apr 4, 2:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Johnson	60 min
Apr 4, 2:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis	68 min
Apr 4, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Collin	61 min
Apr 4, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas, Tarrant	63 min
Apr 4, 3:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Hamilton	63 min
Apr 4, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Dallas	62 min
Apr 4, 4:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Ellis, Johnson	58 min
Apr 4, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Lamar	60 min
Apr 4, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Franklin, Red River	66 min
Apr 4, 5:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FWD	Ellis	59 min
Apr 4, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	Titus	61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.