Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1989, 4:33 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 57 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 13, 1989, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1989, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea 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 13, 4:45 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Lea, 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 13, 2:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 338 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND A LARGE PART OF NORTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 325 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THESE STORMS WERE IN A 130 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR SONORA TO SWEETWATER. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR GARDEN CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCAL AREAS OF FLOODING. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERzY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:48 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 448 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDREWS...REEVES... GAINES COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 427 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED IN A 150 MILE WIDE AREA FROM THE BIG BEND THROUGH SAN ANGELO TO NEAR SWEETWATER. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR STERLING CITY. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO NEAR THE GUADALUPE PASS IN TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS ANOD HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 9:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Martin | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 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.