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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 1, 1986Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 1986, 5:58 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 1986, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crane 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1986-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1587 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1986-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAAOO KMAF 012258
TORMAF
TXC103-020000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
558 PM CDT WED OCT  1 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
          ..CRANE

AT 550 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
GRANDFALL IN WEST CRANE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEASTAT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO, THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE, SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS, PILLOWS, OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT, SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST
PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO A BASEMENT
IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS, BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell67 min
Sep 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland60 min
Oct 1, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane53 min
Oct 1, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
Oct 1, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 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.