Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1990, 5:45 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1990, 6:45 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 22, 6:00 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Chaves, NM | |
| Apr 22, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 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 KABQ 222345 COR SVRROW BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTED FOR DATE/TIME GROUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM 550 PM MDT SUN APR 22 1990 NMC005-220045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 545 PM MDT SUN APR 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...IN CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ROSWELL... AT 540 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AND THE PUBLIC 10 TO 15 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ABOUT 10 MILES IN DIAMETER AND IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ONE LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THIS STORM SINCE 400 PM MDT. ALSO...HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM SINCE 430 PM MDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF ROSWELL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED.
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, 3:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes 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, 4:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 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, 5:30 PM MDT, 15 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.
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, 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 |
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.