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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1989, 2:37 AM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1989, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard 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, 2:53 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Howard, TX | |
| Jun 4, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Howard, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 040738
TORMAF
TXC227-040845-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
237 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...HOWARD
AT 235 AM CDT SHERIFFS DEPUTIES IN MARTIN COUNTY WERE WATCHING A
TORNADO THAT WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF STANTON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST. THIS
MOVEMENT WILL TAKE IT INTO HOWARD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF HOWARD COUNTY IN AND NEAR THE
COMMUNITIES OF KNOTT...FAIRVIEW...AND VEALMOOR NEED TO TAKE SHELTER AT
THIS TIME.
OTHER PORTIONS OF HOWARD SHOULD BE ON THE WATCH FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
OTHER POSSIBLE TORNADOES FORMING FURTHER SOUTH ON THE THUNDERSTORM.
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.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, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.