Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1986, 1:39 AM CDT for Concho County, Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1986, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1986, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Concho County, TX, Schleicher 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 250639 SVRSJT TXC095-413-250745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 139 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF TEXAS...CONCHO AND EASTERN SCHLEICHER AT 130 AM, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF EDEN IN CONCHO COUNTY AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH IN CONCHO COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH IN SCHLEICHER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL 3/4-INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, 9:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 924 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE CONCHO VALLEY. TOM GREEN..COKE..STERLING..CONCHO..RUNNELS..AND MCCULLOCH. AT 920 PM CDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO GLASSCOCK COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORM ABOUT 10 NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY..OTHER STORMS E\XTEND FROM MIDLAND TO NORTHWEST OF ABILENE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STAY TUNE TO YOUR RADIO..T V OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 11 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986 ..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE BIG COUNTRY HAS EXPIRED.. ..THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED.. ..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST HALF OF THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT.. AT 1055 PM CDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MITCHELL, SCURRY, NORTHERN FISHER AND HASKELL COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR COLORADO CITY, OVER ROBY, AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF HASKELL. HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA^ WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 1122 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1986 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN CONCHO VALLEY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1110 PM CDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH STERLING COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STERLING CITY...IN THE EXTREME SOUTH- EAST CORNER OF GLASSCOCK COUNTY AND IN NORTHWEST REAGAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 1100 PM THE DPS IN SAN ANGELO REPORTED STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNE TO YOUR RADIO..T V OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 1130 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN CONCHO VALLEY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1110 PM CDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH STERLING COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STERLING CITY...IN THE EXTREME SOUTH- EAST CORNER OF GLASSCOCK COUNTY AND IN NORTHWEST REAGAN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 1100 PM THE DPS IN SAN ANGELO REPORTED STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNE TO YOUR RADIO..T V OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF NEEDED.
Local storm report, May 24, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX
1139 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986
TIME EVENT
1805 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HAWLEY IN JONES COUNTY
1812 3/4 INCH AND LARGE HAIL AT THE LAKE FORT
PHANTOM DAM, IN JONES COUNTY
2130 TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF ASPERMONT IN
STONEWALL COUNTYSpecial weather statement, May 25, 12:40 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1240 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 1986 ..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THE EAST HALF OF THE BIG COUNTY TONIGHT.. AT 1240 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY WEST OF LINE FROM THROCKMORTON TO CISCO TO SANTA ANNA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MERKEL, HASKELL, BLACKWELL, AND MARYNEAL... HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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.