Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1989, 5:59 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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 1, 1989, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1989, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County De Baca 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | De Baca, NM | |
| Jun 1, 7:05 PM MDT | Hail 1 | De Baca, 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABQ 020000
TORABQ
NMC011-020100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
559 PM MDT THU JUN 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
...DE BACA
AT 555 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
YESO NEW MEXICO. THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARDS YESO AND FT SUMNER.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIsOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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 1, 3:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 437 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR LUBBOCK WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM NORTH OF TATUM NEW MEXICO SOUTH TO HOBBS AND TO FORT DAVIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPD ATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 62 min |
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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.