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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 10, 1989Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1989, 5:04 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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 10, 1989, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1989, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 5:25 PM MDTHail 1Eddy, NM
Jun 10, 5:40 PM MDTHail 3Eddy, 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1989-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 102306
TORABQ
NMC015-102345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
504 PM MDT SAT JUN 10 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          ...EDDY
 
A TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED ON THE GROUND JUST NORTHEAST OF ARTESIA
LIKELY HEADING SOUTHEAST. ALSO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED
ON THE WEST SIDE OF ARTESIA.
 
THE STORM PRODUCING THIS WEATHER IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY
AFFECT SOUTHERN ARTESIA AND THE LAKEWOOD AREA WITHIN A SHORT TIME.
 
WATCH OUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THESE LOCALES OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR
OR SO.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves63 min
Jun 10, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves60 min
Jun 10, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDe Baca58 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea66 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.