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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1987, 5:21 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1987, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ector, TX | |
| May 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Ector, 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, 10.4 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
- 612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 262221
TORMAF
TXC135-262315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
521 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
...ECTOR
PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PENWELL.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASgEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 58 min |
| May 26, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 33 min |
| May 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 59 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 62 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 59 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 59 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.