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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Fort Worth, TX

April 19, 1986Nolan County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1986, 7:37 AM CST for Nolan County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1986, 7:37 AM CST (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1986, 8:30 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 1986-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1960 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 1986-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1960 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
16.9

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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 tornado 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, Apr 19, 3:02 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
300 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

AT 300 AM CST RADAR INDICTED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF LAMAR COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
PART OF RED RIVER COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE TOWNS OF POWDERLY..PINHOOK..KANAWHA..AND DAVENPORT
BE PREPARED OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..AND POSSIBLY
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER MUCH OF FANNIN COUNTY AND
THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAMAR COUNTY.

LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OF TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND IF NEEDED WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:09 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

AT 605 AM CST A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES WEST OF MUNSTER IN COOKE COUNTY. MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST A 35 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS WILL THREATEN THE NORTHERN
HALF OF COOKE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM BE PREPARED FOR
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..AND POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONDG
WINDS.

LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OF TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND IF NEEDED WARNINGS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche61 min
Apr 18, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague63 min
Apr 18, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Denton60 min
Apr 18, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke50 min
Apr 18, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDErath63 min
Apr 18, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche55 min
Apr 18, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMontague65 min
Apr 19, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDThrockmorton60 min
Apr 19, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher45 min
Apr 19, 7:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFisher, Jones, Nolan60 min
Apr 19, 7:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton60 min
Apr 19, 7:50 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDFisher, Jones85 min
Apr 19, 8:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Young45 min
Apr 19, 8:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Young45 min
Apr 19, 9:05 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDJones55 min
Apr 19, 9:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDThrockmorton48 min
Apr 19, 9:55 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDStephens65 min
Apr 19, 10:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDShackelford47 min
Apr 19, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDYoung45 min
Apr 19, 10:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens62 min
Apr 19, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJack55 min
Apr 19, 10:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor80 min
Apr 19, 11:37 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto68 min
Apr 19, 11:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise49 min
Apr 19, 12:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTaylor18 min
Apr 19, 12:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCallahan78 min
Apr 19, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDenton58 min
Apr 19, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDJohnson, Tarrant45 min
Apr 19, 12:50 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDCallahan55 min
Apr 19, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDSmith, Van Zandt56 min
Apr 19, 12:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCollin, Grayson62 min
Apr 19, 1:01 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEastland59 min
Apr 19, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDBrown60 min
Apr 19, 1:14 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDSmith, Van Zandt61 min
Apr 19, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDComanche55 min
Apr 19, 1:31 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDFannin, Grayson59 min
Apr 19, 1:36 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDWood59 min
Apr 19, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDErath57 min
Apr 19, 1:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHopkins56 min
Apr 19, 1:50 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDCallahan55 min
Apr 19, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Upshur63 min
Apr 19, 2:12 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDComanche63 min
Apr 19, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFranklin, Titus66 min
Apr 19, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMorris66 min
Apr 19, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDDelta, Lamar60 min
Apr 19, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDCamp, Morris, Upshur55 min
Apr 19, 2:37 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDEllis53 min
Apr 19, 2:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDComanche, Hamilton61 min
Apr 19, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHamilton60 min
Apr 19, 3:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDRed River56 min
Apr 19, 3:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWDEllis3 hr
Apr 19, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKaufman56 min
Apr 19, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCamp, Franklin, Wood66 min
Apr 19, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDTitus66 min
Apr 19, 3:35 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan35 min
Apr 19, 3:35 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHill55 min
Apr 19, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDLimestone40 min
Apr 19, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell59 min
Apr 19, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFalls25 min
Apr 19, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHill, Limestone57 min
Apr 19, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMcLennan64 min
Apr 19, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.