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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1987, 11:39 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1987, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1987, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 150439
SVRMAF
TXC135-150545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1139 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
...ECTOR
AT 1135 RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ODESSA MOVING
SOUTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
IN THE CITY OF ODESSA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUDR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, May 14, 5:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 540 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1987 AT 527 PM CDT...A 190 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY ...EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF LUBBOCK TO NEAR PRESIDIO. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON..NEAR TAHOKA AND 5 MILES NORTH OF GRASSLAND. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED 10 TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECT6ED. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 6:39 PM CDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 640 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1987 AT 628 PM CDT...A 230 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY ...EXTENDED FROM NEAR AMHERST TO THE BIG BEND. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF PECOS AND NEAR TAHOKA. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE BETWEEN CHRISTOVAL AND EDEN. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VEROY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 735 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1987 AT 727 PM CDT...A 220 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY ...EXTENDED FROM NEAR AMHERST TO THE BIG BEND. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MENTONE AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAIL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMSx. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 845 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1987 AT 833 PM CDT..A 110 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY ...EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF TATUM TO COLORADO CITY. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ACKERLY AND 20 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS. A 120 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...ONE VERY HEAVY...EXTENDED FROM GUADALUPE PASS TO THE BIG BEND. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ALPINE. A THUNDERSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED NEAR ELDORADO. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 940 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1987 AT 925 PM CDT..A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLDSMITH. AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF TATUM TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDEN. A 75 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUADALUPE PASS TO THE BIG BEND. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED. SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 58 min |
| May 14, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 55 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.