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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1986, 3:16 PM CDT for Howard County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1986, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1986, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:17 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Howard, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KMAF 012016
SVRMAF
TXC227-317-012115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
..WESTERN HOWARD..EASTERN MARTIN
AT 336 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LENORAH TEXAS AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
THIS SLOW MOVING STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATNH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH, LARGE HAIL, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER,
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Jun 1, 9:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 935 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN..CONCHO VALLEY AND AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS... AT 930 AM CDT...AN ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS UNDETERMINED. OTHER SHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR ROBERT LEE TO THE SNYDER AREA TO NEAR SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHr AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1030
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1030 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN..CONCHO VALLEY AND AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS... AT 1025 AM CDT...RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM EAST OF STERLING CITY TO NORTH OF BALLINGER TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1047 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 1986 THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1025 AM CDT...RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM EAST OF STERLING CITY TO NORTH OF BALLINGER TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.