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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 19, 1986Dawson County, Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1986, 4:15 AM CST for Dawson County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1986, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1986, 5:15 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, TX, Martin 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
3499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 
TTAA00 KMAF 191026 COR
SVRMAF
TXC115-317-191115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
415 AM CST SAT APR 19 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

WEST TEXAS...DAWSON AND NORTHWEST MARTIN

AT 410AM, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MARTIN COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO DAWSON COUNTY RAPIDLY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PATRICIA AND
LAMESA.

 THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY
 WINDS.
 IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY...
 AND YOU SHOULD ANSK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
 YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
 OFFICE.

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, Apr 19, 3:41 AM CST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
333 AM CST SAT JAN 19 1986

        ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY...

AT 325 AM CST...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NEAR
COLORADO CITY AND GAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN HAIL..LIGHTNING
..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSHOWERS WERE BETWEEN LAMESA..BRONTE AND GARDEN CITY.

NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMI1NED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHEER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST
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.