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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 20, 1986Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1986, 9:34 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1986, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Gaines 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1986-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1458 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 20, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
745 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WARD COUNTY AND COUNTIES WEST OF THE
PECOS EXCEPT FAR WEST TEXAS...

AT 727 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO NORTH OF POST.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE WEST OF JAL NEW MEXICO AND NORTHWEST OF LAMESA.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO NOTED NORTH OF ROBERT LEE
AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF GUTHRIE.

SHOWERS CONTINUED FORM SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TO THE NORTHERN BIG BEND
NATIONAL PARK.

MOVEMENT WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINS..FLOODING OF STREAMS..ROADWAYS IN
LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREAS OF THE HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS.

BE ON THE ALERT TONIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMTENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. YOUR
REPORT MAY SAVE A LIFE.
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:46 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
845 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WARD COUNTY AND COUNTIES WEST OF THE
PECOS EXCEPT FAR WEST TEXAS...

AT 829 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NUMEROUS FROM THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO BROWNFIELD AND TO WEST OF GAIL.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAMESA AND WEST OF JAL.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK TO JUST WEST OF ROBERT LEE.

MOVEMENT WAS SLOW AND ERRATIC.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINS..FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS
IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED IN THE AREAS OF THE
HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.
BE ON THE ALERT TONIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFsORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE MIDLAND WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. YOUR
REPORT MAY SAVE A LIFE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard, Winkler4 hr
Jun 20, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines4 hr
Jun 21, 4:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Martin4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.