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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1989, 2:20 AM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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 4, 1989, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1989, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:30 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Martin, TX | |
| Jun 4, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Martin, 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 040721
TORMAF
TXC317-040815-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
220 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...MARTIN
AT 218 AM CDT A CITIZEN IN TARZAN REPORTED OBSERVING A TORNADO TO HER
WEST THAT WAS BOUNCING ALONG THE GROUND.
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN
HOUR. CITIZENS IN TARZAN AND LENORAH ARE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THE
PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
THIS UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
MARTIN COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 67 min |
| 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, 2:37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.