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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1989, 10:10 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1989, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Martin 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, 3.2 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
- 483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 130311
TORMAF
TXC033-115-317-130415-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1010 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...WESTERN BORDEN...EASTERN DAWSON...NORTHEASTERN MARTIN
AT 1004 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN NORTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY...EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY
AND WESTERN BORDEN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 10 MILES AN HOUR. ANYONE
IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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 12, 7:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 737 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 AT 728 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSON MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 60 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.