Tornado Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 1, 1989, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1989, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KMAF 020449
TORMAF
TXC227-020530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1149 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
          ...HOWARD...ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF BIG SPRING...
 
AT 1145 PM MIDLAND WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE CITY
OF BIG SPRING AND WILL BE THERE WITHIN A HALF HOUR. THIS STORM HAD
ALREADY PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 2599 AND TEXAS ROAD 176.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
845 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS
   AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED
FROM SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON TO SOUTH OF ALPINE TO SOUTHWEST OF MARFA
THEN NORTH TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM STERLING CITY TO SOUTH OF GUTHRIE
TO NORTH OF LUBBOCK THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHEAST TO NORTH OF SEMINOLE TEXAS.

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE...10 MILES
EAST OF BIG SPRING...AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNFIELD.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND HIGH WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR
LATER STATEMENTS.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989

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.