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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 15, 1986Ward County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1986, 6:25 PM CDT for Ward County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1986, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 1986-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 1986-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAAOO KMAF 152318
SVRMAF
TXC475-495-160015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
625 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
          ..NORTH CENTRAL WARD..SOUTHERN WINKLER

AT 622 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL WARD COUNTY.. 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PYOTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM
IS MOVING VERY LITTLE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.