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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 1989Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 11:43 PM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 3, 1989, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1989, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Winkler 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
Jun 4, 12:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 75Winkler, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 1989-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2368 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 00:00Z on 1989-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 3, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland67 min
Jun 3, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton55 min
Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock62 min
Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor58 min
Jun 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock58 min
Jun 3, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor59 min
Jun 3, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin68 min
Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines62 min
Jun 3, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews67 min
Jun 4, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews52 min
Jun 4, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin55 min
Jun 4, 2:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin55 min
Jun 4, 2:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward68 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.