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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1986, 6:18 PM CDT for Fisher County, Stonewall County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1986, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fisher County, TX, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAAOO KABI 032318 TORABI TXC151-433-040015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 618 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WAR
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, Jun 3, 1:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
140 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE METROPLEX...
AT 1:35 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN
FORT WORTH AND IN THE DALLAS VICINITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS.
AS A REMINDER..DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS..GROUNDS
ARE ALMOST TOTALLY SATURATED AND RUNOFF WILL BE EXTREMELY RAPID. LOW
LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES MAY QUICKLY FILL WITH WATER AND RESIDENTS
AND MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE EVEENTS.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
344 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 1986
...FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED JUST SOUTH OF THE METROPLEX...
AT 3:3O PM FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED JUST SOUTH OF ALVARADO..IN
EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY..AND NEAR MAYPEARL..IN WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OF MODERATE INTENSITY
IN THOSE AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.
METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE FUNNEL CLOUDS
TO REACH THE GROUND..HOWEVER STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHING
THE SITUATION..AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED SHOULD CONDITIONS WORSEN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER
DEVELOPMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 605 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO ABILENE..AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TEMPLE TO SHREVEPORT...INCLUDING MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES... AT 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN BELL COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY NEAR MOODY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ALL MOTORIST ARE URGED TO AVOID ANY FLOODED ROADWAY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOPDING IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATEST WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Rains, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 4 hr |
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.