Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1986, 7:42 AM CDT for Concho County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1986, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1986, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 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, 0.7 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
- 2509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSJT 171242 TORSJT TXC095-171345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 742 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...WESTERN CONCHO AT 735AM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES EAST OF MERETA MOVING EAST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY ! THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
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 17, 4:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 430 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CDT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE BIG COUNTRY FOR TODAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..HASKELL THROCKMORTON JONES SHACKLEFORD TAYLOR CALLAHAN COLEMAN BROWN AT 425 AM CDT A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ALBANY TO JUST NORTH OF ABILENE TO MERKEL TO MARYNEAL. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM MERKEL TO MARYNEAL. HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS EASTk AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 436 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTY UNTIL 9AM CDT. AT 425AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF ABILENE THROUGH NORTHWEST STERLING COUNTY TO WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST ALONG THE LINE..HOWEVER..MOVEMENT OF THE DEVELOPED STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE..A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN SOUTHERN MENARD COUNTY. NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED. THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE PECOS RIVER NEAR IRAAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WsEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 17, 5:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 520 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CDT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE BIG COUNTRY TODAY... DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE CITY OF ABILENE. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND TOWN. HERE AT THE AIRPORT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WERE RECORDED ALONG WITH .23 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AT 515 AM RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST CALLAHAN COUNTY ACROSS THE ABILENE AREA THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HAPPY VALLEY IN SOUTHWEST TAYLOR COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL, AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THESE STORMS. SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHER JONES, WESTERN SHACKLEFORD AND NORTHERN CALLAHAN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 5:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 528 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTIES UNTIL 9AM CDT THIS MORNING. AT 520AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ABILENE ACROSS NORTHERN COKE AND STERLING COUNTIES MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED TO THE NORTH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY COUNTIES THAT ARE IN THE WATCH AREA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY AND WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SOUTH OF BIG LAKE AND EAST OF IRAAN. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAINS..SOME HAIL AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCAL FLOODING. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH OF BRADY TO NORTH OF OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABILENE TX 630 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 186 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CDT FOR ALL THE BIG COUNTRY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE BIG COUNTRY TODAY... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SHACKLEFORD, CALLAHAN, TAYLOR, SOUTHERN NOLAN, AND NORTHERN COLEMAN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN THE ABILENE AREA AND ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST CALLAHAN COUNTY. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL, AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THESE STORMS. HERE AT THE ABILENE AIRPORT .60 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE BEGINNING AT 446 AM THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO, TX 640 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTIES UNTIL 9AM CDT THIS MORNING. AT 630AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF ABILENE ACROSS ROBERT LEE AND STERLING CITY TO WEST OF STILES IN REAGAN COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN ..SOME HAIL AND LOCAL FLOODING. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED MAINLY IN IRION COUNTY..WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS BETWEEN BARNHART AND MERTZON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND WILL ALSO LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND..LOTS OF LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN..AND MINOR FLOODING. DURING THE NEXT HOUR THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WINTERS/BALLINGER..WATER VALLEY AND BIG LAKE AREAS WHILE THE OTHER AREA MOVES THROUGH MERTZON AND APPROACHES SAN ANGELO. A REPORT OF PEA SIZED HAIL AT STERLING CITY WAS RECEIVED ABOUT 615 AM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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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.