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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1986, 8:57 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1986, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1986, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KFTW 050157
TORFTW
TXC147-050230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
857 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
..NORTHEASTERN FANNIN
AT 850 PM RELIABLE SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTHEAST OF
BONHAM MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE SPOTTERS REPORT THAT THE FUNNEL
BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 845 PM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO, THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE, SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOML
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS, PILLOWS, OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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 4, 5:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 525 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 AT 515 PM..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF WISE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN ALVORD..BRIDGEPORT..AND IN THE NORTH PORTION OF WISE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR FUTURE STATEMENTS IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 600 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 AT 555 PM..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONCENTRATED IN THE STEPHENS.. PALO PINTO..WISE AND COOKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BRIDGEPORT AT WISE COUNTY AT 555 PM. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWING A TENDENCY TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND 8 TO 10 PM TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS..OR STATEMENTS IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
635 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS INCLUDING THE WACO AREA...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS EXIST FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY
RAINS IN THE WATCH AREA. ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH
ACROSS THE BRYAN COLLEGE STATION AREA.
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN HAMILTON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF
HICO MOVING NORTHEAST.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
[Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 640 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 AT 635 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS..SOME HEAVY..ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN DECATUR AT WISE COUNTY..JUST WEST OF VALLEY VIEW AT COOKE COUNTY..AND IN NORTHWEST PARKER COUNTY. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTH CENTRAL STEPHENS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE AND CADDO. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED NEAR GAINESVILLE AT COOKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWING A TENDENCY TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND 8 TO 10 PM TONIGHT. AT 559 PM..50 MILE AN HOUR WIND WERE REPORTED IN MINERAL WELLS AT AT PALO PINTO COUNTY. AT 625 PM..1.04 INCH OF RAIN FELL IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD AT BRIDGEPORT IN WISE COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN SHERMAN AT GRAYSON COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..AND IF NEEDED..WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 735 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 AT 730 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS..SOME HEAVY..ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN VALLEY VIEW AND TIOGA IN COOKE COUNTY..IN NORTHEAST PARKER COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY..IN CENTRAL PALO PINTO COUNTY..AND IN NORTH HAMILTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWING A TENDENCY TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES.. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE IN OR NEAR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND 8 TO 10 PM TONIGHT. AT 715 PM..A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS USING AN ANEMOMETER AT VALLEY VIEW. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..AND IF NEEDED..WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:29 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 830 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE WACO AREA... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS EXIST FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS IN THE WATCH AREA. ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. AT 825 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE BRYAN COLLEGE STATION AREA MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MOST ALL OF NORTH TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH. NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN OR NEAR THE WACO AREA. S0TAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 91 min |
| Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 109 min |
| Jun 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jones, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Young | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hill | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Taylor | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 114 min |
| Jun 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Brown | 4 hr |
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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.