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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 13, 1986Stonewall County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1986, 11:25 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1986, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1986, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Stonewall 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

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2390 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.4

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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, May 13, 10:49 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1050 PM CDT  TUE MAY 13 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AT 1040 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN SEYMOUR IN BAYLOR COUNTY AND WICHITA FALLS IN WICHITA COUNTY.
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR MANKIN IN ARCHER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND ANSON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 13, 11:07 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1105 PM CDT  TUE MAY 13 1986

TIME OF
OCCURRENCE                       EVENT

720 PM CDT      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CRAFTON AT WISE
                COUNTY.

750 PM CDT      OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTER REPORTED
                MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL..AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
                3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALVORD IN WISE COUNTY. ALSO..
                WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH REPORTED NORTH OF
                ALVORD.

805 PM CDT      ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCH HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
                JUST EAST OF ALVORD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan60 min
May 13, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan40 min
May 13, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher60 min
May 13, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWise68 min
May 13, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones53 min
May 13, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHaskell, Jones60 min
May 13, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDShackelford, Throckmorton60 min
May 13, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDMitchell, Nolan63 min
May 13, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Young60 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan55 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFisher, Mitchell60 min
May 13, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDJones, Taylor60 min
May 13, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Clay, Wichita60 min
May 13, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHaskell60 min
May 14, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHardeman43 min
May 14, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox60 min
May 14, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBaylor60 min
May 14, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard, Knox60 min
May 14, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWilbarger60 min
May 14, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger60 min
May 14, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDArcher60 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.