Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1986, 7:56 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Martin, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 538 PM CDT SUN JUNE 1 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS TONIGHT INCLUDING MIDLAND AND ECTOR COUNTIES... AT 525 PM CDT...A 250 MILE WIDE AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER TO 15 MILES WEST OF PRESIDIO TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS JUST NORTH OF ANDREWS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING IN RAIN SATURATED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:44 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 745 PM CST MON JUN 2 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR UPTON COUNTY UNTIL 1000PM THIS EVENING... AT 730 PM CST VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN STERLING CITY AND FORT STOCKTON. ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA 250 MILES WIDE FROM GUTHRIE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE BIG BEND AREA OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD CAUSE FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 4 hr |
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.