Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 1986, 6:55 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 4, 1986, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 1986, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chaves County, NM
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:55 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Chaves, NM | |
| Sep 4, 7:39 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Chaves, NM |
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
El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KABQ 050119 COR
TORABQ
NMC005-050200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING /CORRECTION/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
655 PM MDT THU SEP 4 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
..CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHAVES WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF
ROSWELL
AT 655 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 10 MILES NORTH
OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO. THE TORNADO WAS SPAWNED BY A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRETCHED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL TO
30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL AT 645 PM MDT. THE LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING THE TORNADO IS ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES
WIDE AND IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED BY THE STATE POLICE
WHEN THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS 20 MILES NORTH OF ROSWELL. THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STRENGTHENED SINCE THEN AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
CITY OF ROSWELL SHORTLY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PERSONS IN THE ROSWELL AREA SHOULD TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY.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, Sep 4, 1:36 PM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 230 PM CDT THU AUG 4 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN TODAY... AT 225 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN- CREASING IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO..THE PECOS VALLEY..SOUTH PLAINS PORTION OF THE CONCHO VALEEY AND THE BIG COUNTRY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WERE BIG SPRING TO SWEETWATER AND STERLING CITY. ALSO NEAR MENTONE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR MANY AREA STREETS ARE FLOODED AND SOME ARE IMPASSABLE. RAINFALL AMONTS HAVE BEEN FROM 3 TO 5 INHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN DANGER OyF 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, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes 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, 3 hours 10 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, 2 hours 19 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, 1 hour 11 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, 17 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 min |
| Sep 4, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves, Eddy | 60 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.