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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1986, 11:37 AM CST for Palo Pinto County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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 19, 1986, 11:37 AM CST (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1986, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Palo Pinto 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 19, 11:38 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Palo Pinto, 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 nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KFTW 191737
TORFTW
TXC363-191845-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUSTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1137 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
..PALO PINTO
AT 1136 AM CST SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES WEST
OF BRAD IN WESTERN PALO PINTO COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE, GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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, 6:09 AM CST, 5 hours 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 9:16 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 915 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO..AS YET UNCONFIRMED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WEST LATE THIS MORNING NEAR A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED JUST WEST OF ABILENE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF NEW MEXICO IS ALSO SUPPORTING THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD TODAY INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.. INCLUDING THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL WANT TO STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THIS SITUATION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:31 AM CST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
1125 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986
...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..AND MCLENNAN...
AT 11:20 PM CST..RADAR SHOWED INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES. OTHER
LIGHT SHOWERS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 60 MILE WIDE
RADIUS OF WACO.
FURTHER NORTH AND WEST..RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NORTH OF THE MINERAL WELLS AREA SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF ABILENE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL TV/RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS
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SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:32 AM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1125 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES O
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:34 AM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1125 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE..HILL..AND MCLENNAN... AT 11:20 AM CST..RADAR SHOWED INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES. OTHER LIGHT SHOWERS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS WITHIN A 60 MILE WIDE RADIUS OF WACO. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST..RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF THE MINERAL WELLS AREA SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF ABILENE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV/RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Denton | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| Apr 18, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones, Nolan | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 7:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 7:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 85 min |
| Apr 19, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Young | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer, Young | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 9:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 9:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 10:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 80 min |
| Apr 19, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Callahan | 78 min |
| Apr 19, 12:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson, Tarrant | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith, Van Zandt | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Grayson | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 1:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 1:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith, Van Zandt | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 1:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 1:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wood | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 1:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Upshur | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Franklin, Titus | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Morris | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Camp, Morris, Upshur | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 2:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 3:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Wood | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Titus | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Coryell | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, Limestone | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 60 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.