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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT for Montague County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 14, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montague 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, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Montague, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 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, 2 hours 18 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, 1 hour 14 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.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:44 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
TEXAS TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION FOR SELECTED CITIES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
810 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986
LOWEST TEMPERATURE LAST 18 HOURS. HIGHEST TEMPERATURE LAST 12 HOURS.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT 6 PM CST/7 PM CDT.
LO HI PRECIP
NORTH TEXAS
ABILENE 72 98 <
DALLAS LOVE FIELD 70 79 <
DFW AIRPORT 69 79 <
LONGVIEW 64 85 <
LUFKIN 61 88 <
STEPHENVILLE 68 80 <
WACO 70 82 <
WICHITA FALLS 66 84 .07<
WEST TEXAS
AMARILLO 56 84 .05<
ALPINE 71 96 <
CHILDRESS 62 86 .02<
DALHART 55 78 <
EL PASO 62 86 <
LUBBOCK 64 94 <
MARFA 60 #86 <
MIDLAND/ODESSA 67 94 <
PRESIDIO 77 101 <
SAN ANGELO 74 98 .05<
WINK 62 94 <
SOUTH TEXAS
ALICE 74 86 <
AUSTIN 72 78 <
BEAUMONT/PT ARTHUR 64 86 <
BEEVILLE 74 84 <
BROWNSVILLE 75 86 <
BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION 68 81 <
CORPUS CHRISTI 74 85 <
DEL RIO 71 #86 <
GALVESTON 75 80 <
HONDO 72 79 <
HOUSTON 66 87 <
JUNCTION #75 #87 <
KINGSVILLE 74 86 <
LAREDO 75 85 <
MCALLEN 75 #86 <
PALACIOS 74 #82 <
SAN ANTONIO 74 80 <
VICTORIA 73 83 <
OTHERS
SHREVEPORT, LA 65 86 <
TEXARKANA, AR 67 86 <
TEXAS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES FROM THE PRECEDING DATA.
LOW THIS MORNING 55 AT DALHART
HIGH THIS AFTERNOON 101 AT PRESIDIO
#INDICATES TEMPERATURE DATA ESTIMATED FROM AVAILABLE OBSERVATIONS.Special weather statement, May 14, 7:44 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
745 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986
...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR BOSQUE AND
HILL COUNTIES OF TEXAS...
AT 735 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF KILLEEN TO AUSTIN TO JUST NORTHWEST OF
SAN ANTONIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST.
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO AND JUST SOUTH AND EAST
OF WICHITA FALLS MOVING TO THE EAST.
PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS.
[Special weather statement, May 14, 7:54 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 750 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 740 PM A LARGE AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EASTERN ARCHER COUNTY AND THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF CLAY COUNTY. A TORNADO HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF SPEED AND MOVEMENT..THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF COOKE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF. ALSO THE EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WISE COUNTY COULD FEEL THE AFFECTS OF THIS STORM DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HOWEVER IT DOES APPEAR AT THIS TIME THAT THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF WISE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN COOKE AND WISE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PARTICULARY ALERT FOR ANY FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OR FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS OF ANY KIND. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN# AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE 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, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Clay | 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.