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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 4, 1986Chaves County, Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1986, 8:30 PM MDT for Chaves County, Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 1986, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1986, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM

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

El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, El Paso Intl Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 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, El Paso Intl Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1986-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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, Sep 4, 2:30 PM MDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
330 PM CDT THU AUG 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN TODAY...

AT 325 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN-
CREASING IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO..THE PECOS VALLEY..SOUTH PLAINS
PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE BIG COUNTRY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER
RAIN WERE BIG SPRING TO SWEETWATER AND STERLING CITY. ALSO WEST OF
GOLDSMITH.MOVEMNT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR

DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LISTEN FOR
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO
OR TV. IF FLOODING OCCURRS..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 3:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
435 PM CDT THU AUG 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN..SOUTH
   PLAINS..SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS..CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG BEND COUNTRY
   FOR THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

AT 425 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN GLASSCOCK COUNTY
NEAR GARDEN CITY AND JUST WEST OF HOBBS. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED
FROM LAMESA NORTH TO LUBBOCK..FROM STERLING CITY TO SWEETWATER AND
FROM MARFA TO FORT STOCKTON.

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO FRIDAY WITH THE REMNANTS
OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS.
THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM ABOVE NORMAL RAINS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS
WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. RAPID RUNOFF MAY OCCUR WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS THAN USUAL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
540 PM CDT THU AUG 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN..SOUTH
   PLAINS..SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS..CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG BEND COUNTRY
   FOR THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

AT 525 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GARDEN CITY AND TAHOKA.
THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO FRIDAY WITH THE REMNANTS
OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS.
THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM ABOVE NORMAL RAINS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS
WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. RAPID 	RUNOFF MAY OCCUR WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS THAN USUAL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 5:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
640 PM CDT THU AUG 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN..SOUTH
   PLAINS..SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS..CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG BEND COUNTRY
   FOR THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

AT 625 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM BAKERSFIELD
NORTH TO RANKIN AND GARDEN CITY. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED IN
EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO FRIDAY WITH THE REMNANTS
OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS.
THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM ABOVE NORMAL RAINS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS
WILL INCREASE THE 'THREAT OF FLOODING. RAPID RUNOFF MAY OCCUR WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS THAN USUAL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 6:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
735 PM CDT THU AUG 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN..SOUTH
   PLAINS..SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS..CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG BEND COUNTRY
   TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

AT 725 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM RANKIN NORTH TO
GARDEN CITY. NO MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED IN THE PAST HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF MARATHON AND WEST OF POST.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AND THAT THE
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE. SATURATED GROUND AND OVERFLOWING STREAMS WILL
PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS RESULT FROM MOPTORIST DRIVING INTO WATER-COVERED
CROSSINGS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 7:39 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 6:55 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFChaves65 min
Sep 4, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 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.