Tornado Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Oct 3, 1986, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)

Expired

Oct 3, 1986, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Upton County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
911 PM CDT FRI OCT  3 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
          ..UPTON

AT 910 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF
CRANE TEXAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE PUBLIC
ALSO REPORTED AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO 2 SOUTH OF CRANE AT 850 PM CDT.
 
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.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO, LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY, SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1100 AM CDT sat oct 4 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN portions
of southwest texas and portion of the concho valley...
at 1025 am cdt some very heavy thunderstorms were from northeast of
fort stockton to near colorado city. the city of big spring reported
11/2 inches of rainwithsome street flodding. with the ground already
saturated run off will be quick.person should be alert and take quick
action.
movement was north at 10 miles an hour.

AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE IN
DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND LISTEN FOR
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAa weather radio.

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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.