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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Fort Worth, TX

May 16, 1986Foard County, Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT for Foard County, Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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 16, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1986, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Foard County, TX, Hardeman 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 7:48 PM CDTTornado F0Foard, TX
May 16, 8:10 PM CDTTornado F0Foard, 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

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1986-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2930 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1986-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2930 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSPS 170005
TORSPS
TXC155-197-170100-

BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
700 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...FOARD HARDEMAN.

AT 657 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A WALL CLOUD WAS LOCATED
JUST WEST OF THE FOARD COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF PADUCAH. THIS THUNDER
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL TRACK ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN FOARD AND SOUTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE READY TO
TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED IN THEIR AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman60 min
May 16, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger60 min
May 16, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFoard, Wilbarger60 min
May 16, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHardeman35 min
May 16, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWilbarger62 min
May 16, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita45 min
May 16, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWichita60 min
May 16, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDClay60 min
May 17, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita30 min
May 17, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBaylor60 min
May 17, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDEastland, Stephens56 min
May 17, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Stephens66 min
May 17, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBosque, Coryell2 hr
May 17, 9:15 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown60 min
May 17, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDHamilton38 min
May 17, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDBosque, Hill3 hr
May 17, 10:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDSmith3 hr
May 17, 10:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWDHenderson3 hr
May 17, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan55 min
May 17, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBell32 min
May 17, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDFalls35 min
May 17, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone, Robertson56 min
May 17, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDBrazos55 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.