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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 19, 1989Upton County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 19, 6:25 PM CSTHail 0.75Upton, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-03-19Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos3 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.