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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 29, 1987Borden County, Dawson County, Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1987, 6:55 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1987, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1987, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Martin 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, 11.9 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 1987-05-29Temperature 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 292355
TORMAF
TXC033-115-317-300045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
NORTHEAST MARTIN...WESTERN BORDEN...EASTERN DAWSON.
 
 
RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF ACKERLY IN MARTIN
COUNTY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 FLO5OR.  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.

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, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock43 min
May 29, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin58 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.