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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 1989Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1989, 3:45 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 2, 1989, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1989, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Chaves 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 4:45 PM MDTHail 0.75Chaves, 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 1989-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1480 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1989-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:53 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFHoward37 min
Jun 1, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson62 min
Jun 1, 8:26 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFDawson49 min
Jun 1, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin64 min
Jun 1, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward61 min
Jun 1, 10:49 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFHoward41 min
Jun 1, 11:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward29 min
Jun 1, 11:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward94 min
Jun 2, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson66 min
Jun 2, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves63 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving60 min
Jun 2, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
Jun 2, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson65 min
Jun 2, 5:41 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFHoward64 min
Jun 1, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDe Baca33 min
Jun 2, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy55 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.