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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 25, 1986Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1986, 5:56 PM CST for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 4 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
Apr 25, 1986, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1986, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 25, 6:04 PM CSTHail 1.75Howard, 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1986-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 446 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 1986-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 252356
SVRMAF
TXC227-260100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
556 PM CST FRI APR 25 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

NORTHWEST TEXAS...EASTERN HOWARD

AT 555PM, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON RADAR 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG SPRING MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES PER HOUR.

 IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS..GO TO REINFORCED
 SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN
 AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
 A TORNADO WITH L3ITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos69 min
Apr 25, 4:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton63 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
Apr 25, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 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.