Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 10:42 PM CST for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 13, 1990, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:05 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Midland, 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 3501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 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 KMAF 140443 SVRMAF TXC329-140545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1042 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 1030 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM GRANDFALLS TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF POST. IT WAS OVER THE ODESSA AREA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 13, 10:08 PM CST, 34 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ003-140430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1005 PM CST MON MAR 13 1990 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA... AT 1000 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN...HAS FORMED NORTHWEST OF ODESSA. THESE STORMS ARE BUILDING RAPIDLY AND WILL BE IN THE ODESSA AND MIDLAND AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:09 PM CST, 33 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ003-140430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR DAY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1005 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA... AT 1000 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN...HAS FORMED NORTHWEST OF ODESSA. THESE STORMS ARE BUILDING RAPIDLY AND WILL BE IN THE ODESSA AND MIDLAND AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 58 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.