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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 1, 1986Brazos County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 1, 1986, 7:10 PM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1986, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1986, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brazos 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

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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, Victoria Regiona, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KACT 020013
TORACT
TXC041-020045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
710 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 7:45 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN SOUTHERN BRAZOS COUNTY TEXAS.

AT 7:08 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY CIVIL DEFENSE JUST WEST OF
COLLEGE STATION NEAR THE WELLBORN COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
SOUTH ABOUT 20 MPH.

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 AND GET INTO A CULVERT OR DITCH.

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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.