Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1990, 8:00 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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 21, 1990, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1990, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chaves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:45 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Chaves, 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
El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 220204 SVRROW NMC005-220245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 800 PM MDT SAT APR 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF ROSWELL. AT 755 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM 10 MILES EAST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND APPEAR TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE ROSWELL AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS OF 800 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY IN THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 21, 3:41 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-212240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 443 P CDT SAT APR 21 1990 AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM NORTH OF ALPINE TO NORTHWEST OF VAN HORN. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF SARAGOSA...AND 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE HIGH WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOUR LIFE SEEMS THREATENED SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-212240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 443 PM CDT SAT APR 21 1990 AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM NORTH OF ALPINE TO NORTHWEST OF VAN HORN. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF SARAGOSA...AND 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE HIGH WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOUR LIFE SEEMS THREATENED SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 5:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-220040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 640 PM CDT SAT APR 21 1990 AT 635 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 15 EAST OF FORT DAVIS IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE TEXAS BIG BEND TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE HIGH WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODIrNG OF LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 9:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Chaves | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 9:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Chaves | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.