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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 1987Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1987, 12:49 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 28, 1987, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1987, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
26 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 28, 1:05 PM CDTTornado F1Howard, 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, 5.8 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 12:00Z on 1987-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2235 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 1987-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
2235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.3

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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 27, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos56 min
May 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton62 min
May 27, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos67 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland, Upton65 min
May 27, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor67 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos53 min
May 27, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton54 min
May 28, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines67 min
May 28, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines63 min
May 28, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 min
May 28, 10:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden43 min
May 28, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton38 min
May 28, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock63 min
May 28, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward30 min
May 28, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
May 28, 3:17 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFLea58 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.