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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1986, 7:35 PM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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
- May 14, 1986, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1986, 8:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Clay, TX | |
| May 14, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Clay, TX | |
| May 14, 8:42 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Clay, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 2553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 20.8
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 14, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
400 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...
AT 355 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA..AND WEST OF
AUSTIN. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPIATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST TEXAS EXTENDING
INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. AT 345 PM CDT..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENJAMIN IN KNOX COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA FROM SOUTH OF AUSTIN TO NEAR BRYAN. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR GAINESVILLE. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 450 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. AT 445PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENJAMIN IN KNOX COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS OBSERVED NEAR AUSTIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NO RAIN WAS SHOWN IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM`S IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
540 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986
...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN BOSQUE
AND HILL COUNTIES OF TEXAS...
AT 530 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS JUST
WEST AND SOUTH OF THE BRYAN COLLEGE STATION AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE NORTHEAST.
OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST TEXAS EXTENDING
INTO OKLAHOMA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
[Special weather statement, May 14, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 545 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. AT 540 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF BENJAMIN IN KNOX COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO RAIN WAS SHOWN IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT METROPLEX. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:46 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL..NORTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX..THE SHERMAN AREA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. AT 640 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS..45 MILES IN DIAMETER..CENTERED JUST WEST OF WICHITA FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO RAIN WAS SHOWN IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 60 min |
| May 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Archer | 8 min |
| May 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 60 min |
| May 14, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 25 min |
| May 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 55 min |
| May 14, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 30 min |
| May 14, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 45 min |
| May 14, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 60 min |
| May 14, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 67 min |
| May 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 60 min |
| May 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone, McLennan | 55 min |
| May 15, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor, Wilbarger | 60 min |
| May 15, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 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.