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Tornado Warning 1, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1986, 3:40 PM CDT for Concho County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1986, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1986, 4:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Concho 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1043 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 092044 COR TORSJT TXC095-092040- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 340 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 440 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...EASTERN CONCHO AT 336PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN EDEN REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDEN MOVING NORTHEAST. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS NOT ON THE GROUND BUT WAS EARLIER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !
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, May 9, 10:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1025 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 1986 AT 1020 AM SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY ROCHESTER...NOODLE...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWEETWATER... SNYDER...AND JAYTON. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SWENSON...JUST EAST OF ROTAN...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGWORTH AND 7 MILES EAST OF HERMLEIGH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 1986 AT 11 AM CDT SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CROCKETT..REAGAN..IRION AND STERLING COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM INDICATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG LAKE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR COLEMAN AND BROWN COUNTIES... AT 1120 AM WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER STONEWALL...HASKELL...FISHER...AND SCURRY COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS BROWN COUNTY LAST NIGHT AND ACROSS COLEMAN COUNTY A FEW NIGHTS AGO HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED IN SOME AREAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS IN THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING. PERSONS IN COLEMAN AND BROWN COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 1210 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 12 NOON VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN NOLAN COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF MARYNEAL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY IN THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS STONEWALL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF OLD GLORY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO LOCA3L RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 1:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 110 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AT 100 PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING SOUTH OF SAGERTON... NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST OF MCCAULLEY...NEAR LONGWORTH...NEAR ROSCOE... NORTHWEST OF MARYNEAL...AND JUST NORTH OF SHEP. VERY HEAVY RAIN... INTENSE LIGHTNING...~STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN ALL OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 3:21 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 315 PM CDT THU MAY 9 1986 ..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT.. BROWN CALLAHAN COLEMAN HASKELL JONES SHACKLEFORD TAYLOR THROCKMORTON AT 313PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALL ACROSS EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY, AND SHOWERS WERE FORMING ACROSS NORTHERN BROWN AND NORTHERN COLEMAN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES ANW HOUR. . STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 117 min |
| May 8, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 59 min |
| May 9, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 69 min |
| May 9, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 58 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.