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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 12, 1989Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 1989, 6:00 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 1989, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 1989, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
60 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 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, Sep 12, 3:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
435 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO FROM 500 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 425 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN
A 135 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF LUBBOCK TO 30 MILES WEST OF
SEIRRA BLANCA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

DURING THE LAST HOUR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WENT THROUGH ROSWELL NEW
MEXICO AND REPORTS OF GRAPEFRUIT SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS
STORM IS WEAKENING BUT MOVING EAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR, AND TOWARD
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, TV OR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 12, 4:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
526 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO FROM 500 PM CDT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM MDT...

AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN
A 165 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO 30 MILES WEST
PRESIDIO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

DURING THE LAST HOUR A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WENT THROUGH ROSWELL
NEW MEXICO AND REPORTS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCH HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

S&TAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, TV OR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

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.