Tornado Warning 16, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

Apr 12, 1986, 1:21 AM CST (07:21 UTC)

Expired

Apr 12, 1986, 2:20 AM CST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Dallas County, TX

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
121 AM CST SAT APR 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 220 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...DALLAS

AT 120 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
10 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER IN SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. MOVMENT
OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN WILMER HUTCHINS AND SEAGOVILLE SHOULD
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND.D.
IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE..GO TO A SMALL CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
725 PM CST FRI APR 11 1986

        ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 720 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
JUST NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR DAINGERFIELD. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR NAPLES AND DAINGERFIELD IN MORRIS COUNTY..AND
NEAR_ BOX ELDER IN RED RIVER COUNTY.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35
MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SOME
SMALL HAIL.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1120 PM CST FRI APR 11 1986

        ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...

AT 1115 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NORTHERN TARRANT AND SOUTHERN
DENTON COUNTIES NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH DECATOR AND THEN WESTWARD TO
NEAR JACKSBORO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF DENTON
AND NEAR ALVORD IN WISE COUNTY.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30
MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING THESE THUNDERSTORMS CLOSELY. LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.