Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1986, 3:44 PM CDT for Howard County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1986, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 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, 8.7 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 10:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1030
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 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 56 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, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 59 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.