Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1990, 8:45 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1990, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 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, 2.8 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 220257 COR
SVRROW
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
857 PM MDT SAT APR 21 1990
NMC005-220345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM
845 PM MDT SAT APR 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHAVES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
CITY OF ROSWELL...
AT 845 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED
BY RADAR JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CITY OF ROSWELL. THE THUNDER-
STORMS ARE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMNT AND APPEAR TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROACHING ROSWELL FROM THE
SOUTHWEST WILL MERGE WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER...
RESULTING IN MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
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, 5 hours 4 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, 5 hours 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, 3 hours 5 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, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 45 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.