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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 7:08 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 040010
TORMAF
TXC329-040115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
708 PM CDT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
...SOUTHERN MIDLAND...
AT 700 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
ECTOR COUNTY...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...AS WELL AS
LARGE HAIL.
AT 706 PM CDT...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES EAST
OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 1787 AND 1788...IN SOUTHERN MIDLAND
COUNTY.
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.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 3, 1:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 135 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... AT 128 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN AN AREA 80 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEMINOLE TO 30 MILES EAST OF OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNUED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 135 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... AT 128 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN AN AREA 80 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEMINOLE TO 30 MILES EAST OF OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNUED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 135 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...BIG BEND...PANHANDLE AND CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... AT 231 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LAMESA AND BIG SPRING...ALSO NEAR SAN ANGELO AND STERLING CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR OZONA AND WEST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNUED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 442 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SOUTH PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...BIG BEND...PANHANDLE AND CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF WEST TEXAS FROM TAHOKA TO NORTH OF LUBBOCK AND FROM WINK TO MONAHANS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE AND OVER THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 2:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.