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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 19, 1988Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1988, 12:05 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1988, 12:05 PM MDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1988, 12:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

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

Holloman AFB, NM (KHMN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Holloman AFB, NM at 12:00Z on 1988-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Holloman AFB, NM at 12:00Z on 1988-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KROW 191809
TORROW
NMC015-191845-

BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
1205 PM MDT THU MAY 19 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROSWELL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

                    ...EDDY

AT 1205 PM MDT...SEVERAL FUNNELS AND ONE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED
15 MILES WEST OF LAKEWOOD NEW MEXICO...ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN ARTESIA
AND CARLSBAD IN EDDY COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST
AT ONLY 10 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBIL3E
HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM DAMAGE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 12:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves60 min
May 19, 1:50 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy55 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.