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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 22, 1990Chaves County, New Mexico

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 6:00 PM MDTHail 1Chaves, NM
Apr 22, 6:10 PM MDTTornado F0Chaves, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, El Paso Intl Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, El Paso Intl Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves45 min
Apr 21, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves60 min
Apr 21, 9:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFChaves64 min
Apr 21, 9:26 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFChaves64 min
Apr 22, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves65 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.