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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 1986Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1986, 6:02 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1986, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1986, 6:58 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Borden 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 114 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 1986-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2343 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 1986-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 242302
TORMAF
TXC033-052358-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
602 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 658 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHWEST TEXAS...BORDEN

AT 556PM, A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GAIL IN BORDEN COUNTY..MOVING TO THE EAST.

 THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY !

 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
 SEjRVICE OFFICE.

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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.