Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1986, 9:05 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 31, 1986, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 1986, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ector, 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KMAF 010205
SVRMAF
TXC135-010300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
905 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
..ECTOR
AT 905 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
GOLDSMITH TEXAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Winkler | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 68 min |
| Aug 31, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 54 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.