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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 1986, 8:16 PM CDT for Callahan County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 1986, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Callahan 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
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Sep 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 645 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO COMMANCHE COUNTY... AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO COMMANCHE COUNTY OF NORTH TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN COMMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
700 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM NORTHERN SMITH INTO SOUTHERN
UPSHUR COUNTY OF EAST TEXAS...
AT 7PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THE GLADEWATER AREA ALONG THE SMITH-UPSHUR
COUNTY LINE. THE STORM UNDOUBTEDLY CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND GUSTY WINDS; AND COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN
MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH..AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF
UPSHUR COUNTY..INCLUDING GILMER..DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES.
MOTORISTS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN UPSHUR COUNTY ARE
URGED TO MAINTAIN CAUTION AND SEEK INTERIOR SHELTER IF NECESSARY
AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:17 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 715 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986 ...THUNDERSSHOWERS DECREASING IN BELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 7:10 PM..A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM TEMPLE IN BELL COUNTY TO NEAR COPPERAS COVE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY. THE THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY WHILE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS BETWEEN AUSTIN...MINERAL WELLS...AND COLEMAN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:27 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
730 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM NORTHERN SMITH INTO SOUTHERN
UPSHUR COUNTY OF EAST TEXAS...
AT 725PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEAR BIG SANDY IN UPSHUR COUNTY. THE UPSHUR SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
REPORTS THAT THIS THUNDERSTORMS IS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS..HAIL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH..AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF
UPSHUR COUNTY..INCLUDING GILMER..DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES.
MOTORISTS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN UPSHUR COUNTY ARE
URGED TO MAINTAIN CAUTION AND SEEK INTERIOR SHELTER IF NECESSARY
AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:50 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 745 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986 ...THUNDERSSTORM MOVING THROUGH MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 7:40 PM..RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MCGREGOR IN MCLENNAN COUNTY...AND NEAR GATESVILLE IN CORYELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS WEST OF BROWNWOOD AND BETWEEN LAMPASAS AND MARBLE FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:57 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 755 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN RED RIVER COUNTY... AT 755 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN RED RIVER COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN EASTERN RED RIVER COUNTY ARE URGED TO MAINTAIN CAUTION AND SEEK INTERIOR SHELTER IF NECESSARY AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Taylor | 50 min |
| Sep 25, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 55 min |
| Sep 25, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.