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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 1986Howard County, Martin County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 4:17 PM CDTHail 0.75Howard, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews63 min
Jun 1, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews66 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin57 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin61 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin60 min
Jun 1, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines55 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.