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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1989, 9:26 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1989, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dawson 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 1, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Dawson, TX | |
| Jun 1, 10:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Dawson, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMAF 020226
TORMAF
TXC115-020315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
926 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
...DAWSON
AT 920 PM...A TORNDAO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE CITY OF
LAMESA BY THE PUBLIC. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS WERE ALSO
REPORTED NEAR WELCH.
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 INTERIOR 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, 4:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:49 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 845 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON TO SOUTH OF ALPINE TO SOUTHWEST OF MARFA THEN NORTH TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM STERLING CITY TO SOUTH OF GUTHRIE TO NORTH OF LUBBOCK THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST TO NORTH OF SEMINOLE TEXAS. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE...10 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING...AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND HIGH WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 12:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 94 min |
| Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 64 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.