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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 29, 1987Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1987, 6:02 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1987, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1987, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Glasscock 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1987-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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 1987-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 292302
TORMAF
TXC173-292345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
602 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
          ...GLASSCOCK
 
AT 600 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 158 AND 137. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Ward, Winkler68 min
May 29, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell54 min
May 29, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Dawson6 hr
May 29, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson24 min
May 29, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin58 min
May 29, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Martin50 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.