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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1987, 1:05 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1987, 1:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Howard, 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, 6.1 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 281805
TORMAF
TXC227-281900-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
105 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...EASTERN HOWARD
.AT 105 PM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED BETWEEN BIG SPRING AND COAHOMA
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. 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 CUSHIONSP 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 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| May 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| May 27, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 65 min |
| May 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 53 min |
| May 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 54 min |
| May 28, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 67 min |
| May 28, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 63 min |
| May 28, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 58 min |
| May 28, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 43 min |
| May 28, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 38 min |
| May 28, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 63 min |
| May 28, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 26 min |
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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.