Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1988, 4:17 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1988, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1988, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 235 PM CDT SAT APR 16 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST TEXAS AND FOR LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING... AT 225 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED FROM THE GUADALUPE PASS AREA TO WEST OF ARTESIA NEW MEXICO...AND FROM SOUTH OF COAHOMA TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST OF LAMESA. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING TEXAS... AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS IN NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH WINDS...HAIL... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 3:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 1:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 68 min |
| Apr 16, 3:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 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.