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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 1987Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1987, 10:27 PM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1987, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1987, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 1987-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1057 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 1987-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews62 min
May 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines, Martin66 min
May 26, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews66 min
May 26, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson63 min
May 27, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 27, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton54 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.