Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1990, 9:31 PM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 1, 1990, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ward 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 9:33 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ward, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 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 020231 SVRMAF TXC475-020330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 931 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...EASTERN WARD COUNTY AT 920 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WARD COUNTY. SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR PYOTE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 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, Apr 1, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-DDHHMM- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 625 AM CST MON DEC 22 1986 ...HEADLINE OF BAD WEATHER... CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS...SYNOPSIS...OR REPORTS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE THE WEATHER SERVICE... CANNED MESSAGES SUCH AS...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING WHILE TRAVELING. CANNED CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS SUCH AS...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. XXXX...STRIKE ENTER TO SAVE THIS AS LBBFFSMAF WITH ADDRESS TO 000... XXXX...NEXT E:FFSMAF AND STRIKE NEXT PAGE...WHEN EDITING FFS REMEMBER TO CHANGE DDHHMM TO EXPIRATION TIME TO USUALLY ONE HOUR FROM NOW AND CHANGE DATE TIME LINE TO CURRENT TIME. EDIT FFS AND REMOVE XXXX...LINES...
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 6:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 635 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATERED EAST OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM CRANE EAST TO GARDEN CITY AND EAST OF MARATHON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN FROM LAMESA TO SWEETWATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 734 PM CDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING CITY...10 MILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE... AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF MALJIMAR NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF HAIL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 62 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.