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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 10, 1987Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1987, 7:16 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 1987, 7:16 PM MDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1987, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 10, 2:48 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
345 PM CDT THU SEP 10 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

AT 325 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF
SAN ANGELO TO ALPINE AND MARFA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WEST OF THE
PECOS RIVER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN YOUR LOCAL WEATHER. RELAY ANY SEVERE
WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 10, 4:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 10, 5:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor55 min
Sep 10, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.