Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1989, 6:57 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- Jun 1, 1989, 6:57 PM MDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1989, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County De Baca County, NM
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | De Baca, NM | |
| Jun 1, 7:05 PM MDT | Hail 1 | De Baca, NM | |
| Jun 1, 7:12 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | De Baca, NM |
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 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, Jun 1, 3:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 437 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR LUBBOCK WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTH OF TATUM NEW MEXICO SOUTH TO HOBBS AND TO FORT DAVIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPD ATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 10:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 10:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 11:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 11:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 94 min |
| Jun 2, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 min |
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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.