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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1989, 8:53 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- May 16, 1989, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Howard, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 3542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 627 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH PART OF PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTH PLAINS... THE BIG COUNTRY...AND THE CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN PECOS RIVER VALLEY TILL 1100 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 30 MILES NORTH EAST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 627 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH PART OF PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTH PLAINS... THE BIG COUNTRY...AND THE CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN PECOS RIVER VALLEY TILL 1100 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 30 MILES NORTH EAST OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 16, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 726 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH PART OF PERMIAN BASIN...THE SOUTH PLAINS... THE BIG COUNTRY...AND THE CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN PECOS RIVER VALLEY TILL 1100 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL R7ADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 40 min |
| May 16, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 41 min |
| May 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 60 min |
| May 16, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 57 min |
| May 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves, De Baca | 60 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.