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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Fort Worth, TX

September 30, 1986Archer County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 1986, 6:52 PM CDT for Archer County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 1986, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 1986, 7:20 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Fort Worth, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Archer County, TX, Wichita 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 1986-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 1986-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAAOO KSPS 302352
TORSPS
TXC009-485-010100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
652 PM CDT TUE SEP 30 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ..NORTHERN ARCHER..SOUTHERN WICHITA

AT 650 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH
OF HOLLIDAY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS
IN HOLLIDAY AND SOUTHERN WICHITA COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST REMSORT, SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT, DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 30, 1:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
 115  PM CDT  TUE SEP 30 1986

 AT 115 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM
HAD DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AS WARRENTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDFoard60 min
Sep 30, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDKnox55 min
Sep 30, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDWichita62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.