Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1989, 5:54 PM CST for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
- Mar 19, 1989, 5:54 PM CST (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1989, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upton 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:25 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Upton, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 192355
SVRMAF
TXC461-200100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
554 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
...SOUTHERN UPTON
AT 550 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST TO THE WEST OF MCCAMEY
MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORDM HAS PASSED.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, Mar 19, 4:38 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 437 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1989 AT 425 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CRANE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...TO NEAR FORT DAVIS... TO NEAR CRANE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PECOS COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 5:38 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 536 PM CST SUN MAR 19 1989 AT 525 PM CST...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY TO SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED BETWEEN RANKIN AND MC CAMEY...NEAR GIRVIN...BETWEN FORT STOCKTON AND BAKERSFIELD...AND 25 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MARBLE HAIL WAS REPORTED AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH FORT STOCKTON. AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY TO NORTHERN REEVES COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ORLA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPD7ATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.