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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 1988Crane County, Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1988, 5:26 AM CDT for Crane County, Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 31, 1988, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1988, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Midland 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 6:21 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Ector, 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2834 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2834 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland43 min
May 30, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.