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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 22, 1990Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 22, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Reeves 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDTHail 2Reeves, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 222340
SVRMAF
TXC389-230045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
639 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN REEVES COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BALMORHEA TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
AT 633 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL AT BALMORHEA.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 22, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-222245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
439 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND
A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10PM CDT...

AT 425 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 15 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO FORT DAVIS TEXAS.

ALSO...AN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWER HAD DEVELOPED 25 MILES WEST OF LUBBOCK.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-222345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
527 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND
A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10PM CDT...

AT 525 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PART IN TEXAS.

ELSEWHERE...AN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWER WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMESA
WHILE ANOTHER RAIN SHOWER WAS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WAR&NINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 6:30 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-230045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
630 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND
A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10PM CDT...

AT 625 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED IN A 80 MILE WIDE AREA FROM CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO THE BIG
BEND NATIONAL PARK IN TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR CARLSBAD NEW
MEXICO AND 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.