Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1989, 12:07 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports 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 31, 1989, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1989, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland 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 31, 12:08 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Midland, TX | |
| May 31, 1:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Midland, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 310510
SVRMAF
TXC329-310615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1207 AM CDT WED MAY 31 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
...MIDLAND
AT 1207AM CDT A THUNDERSTORM AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
PRODUCED WINDS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS
THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AS IT
MOVES ACROSS THE CITY OF MIDLAND.
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 STORM 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, May 30, 7:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 735 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1989 AT 730 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER A 160 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR SANDERSON TO NEAR LUBBOCK. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...10 MILES EAST OF CRANE...AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HIGH WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 838 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1989 AT 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER A 100 MILE WIDE AREA FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TO NEAR BIG SPRING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON. OTHER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF SANDERSON AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 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.