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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT for Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 75 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 24, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 75 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stonewall, 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, 2.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
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 24, 5:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 500 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS..INCLUDING MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES... AT 2:50 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF CORSICANA TO NORTH OF ABILENE. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED IN THE MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES AT THE PRESENT TIME. INTENSE STORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP FROM NEAR ABILENE TO THE MINERAL WELLS AREA AND MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV/RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES IN THE EVEYNT WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED.
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 655 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BELL..BOSQUE.. CORYELL..HILL..FALLS..MCLENNAN..LIMESTONE..LEON..BRAZOS..ROBERTSON.. AND MADISON... AT 6:50 PM..THE WACO RADAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE. HOWEVER OTHER WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN FREESTONE COUNTY BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO LEON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HAIL.. AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTEAST MADISON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST. FURTHER WEST..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF THE STEPHENVILLE AREA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. < PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR< WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:27 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 825 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIOINS OF CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING..INCLUDING THE WACO AND BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREAS. AT 8:10 PM..THE WACO RADAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE. OTHER WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF MADISON..BRAZOS..AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN FRANKLIN..HEARNE..AND NEW BADEN IN ROBERTSON COUNTY. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEGUN TO SLOW DOWN IN FORWARD SPEED AND SHOWING ONLY A SLOW SOUTHEAST DRIFT. WITH INTENSITIES BEGINNING TO INCREASE..THIS COMBINATION OF SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE LARGER STORMS. < FURTHER WEST..INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS IN THE COMMANCHE AND ERATH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING HAMILTON COUNTY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD CORYELL COUNTY AT 15 MPH. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LAMPASAS COUNTY. PERSONS IN CORYELL..ROBERTSON..BRAZOS..AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR UPDATES AS THIS WEATHER CONTINUES TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL 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 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 69 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Scurry | 5 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.