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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 1986Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1986, 7:08 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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
May 24, 1986, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 7:23 PM CDTTornado F0Howard, TX

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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 1986-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 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 00:00Z on 1986-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 250008
TORMAF
TXC227-250115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHWEST TEXAS...HOWARD

AT 705 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 6 MILES NORTHWE
ST OB BIG SPRING. MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

 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
 SERVICE OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines56 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward59 min
May 24, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin56 min
May 24, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward50 min
May 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines57 min
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines61 min
May 24, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland62 min
May 24, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland67 min
May 24, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward56 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.