Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1987, 2:21 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Sep 14, 1987, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1987, 3:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Martin, 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 14, 2:12 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 110 PM CDT MON SEP 14 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERS DAWSON COUNTY... AT 100 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... HAD ENTERED DAWSON COUNTY...12 MILES WEST OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS A 0DANGEROUS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO/TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 43 min |
| Sep 13, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 54 min |
| Sep 14, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 62 min |
| Sep 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 47 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.