Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1986, 7:22 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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
- Oct 2, 1986, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Upton, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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, Oct 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 135 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF THE PERMAIN BASIN.. SOUTH PLAINS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 125 PM CDT..SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF LUCCOCK TO NORTH OF LAMESA. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTNEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED I!N MANY LOCAL AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS MORNING DURING TO HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 235 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN..SOUTH PLAINS.. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..FAR WEST TEXAS.. AND THE PECOS VALLEY TONIGHT.. AT 225 PM CDT..SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SOUTH PLAINS JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF LUBBOCK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY, LOCAL AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THIS MORNING DURING TO HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 235 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN..SOUTH PLAINS.. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..FAR WEST TEXAS.. AND THE PECOS VALLEY TONIGHT.. AT 225 PM CDT..SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SOUTH PLAINS JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF LUBBOCK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN 6MANY LOCAL AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 335 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN..SOUTH PLAINS.. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..FAR WEST TEXAS.. AND THE PECOS VALLEY TONIGHT.. AT 325 PM CDT..SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SOUTH PLAINS IN THE LUBBOCK AREA. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF GOLDSMITH AND BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON AND SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY LOCAL AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 436 PM CDT THU OCT 2 1986 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMAIN BASIN..SOUTH PLAINS.. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY..FAR WEST TEXAS.. AND THE PECOS VALLEY TONIGHT.. AT 427 PM CDT..SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS FROM NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO NORTH OF HOBBS. OTHER SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM NORTHWEST OF MIDLAND TO GUADALUPE PASS EXTENDING ALONG THE PECOS RIVER TO IRAAN. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NORTH OF GOLDSMITH AND NORTH OF KERMIT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN MANY LOCAL AREAS. O MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 68 min |
| Oct 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 63 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.