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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1986, 6:16 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1986, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1986, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines 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, 11.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 292318 COR TORMAF TXC165-115-300015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 616 PM CDT THU MAY 29 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST TEXAS...EASTERN GAINES AND SOUTHWEST DAWSON AT 613PM, RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHEAST GAINES COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD SOUTHWEST DAWSON COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY ! THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE . IMMEDIATELY...AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 29, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 240 PM CDT THU MAY 29 1986 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH PLAINS... AT 230 PM CDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING 20 MILES EAST AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNYDER..15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK..VICINITY OF TATUM NEW MEXICO..AND 5 MILES WEST OF BALMORHEA. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 340 PM CDT THU MAY 29 1986 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH PLAINS... AT 330 PM CDT VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING FROM 25 MILES NORTH TO 25 MILES EAST OF SNYDER..15 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK..10 MILES SOUTH TO 20 MILES EAST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO..AND 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 60 min |
| May 29, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| May 29, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 58 min |
| May 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.