Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1990, 9:00 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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, 9:00 PM MDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1990, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy 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, 9:15 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Eddy, NM | |
| Apr 22, 9:35 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Eddy, 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 230305 COR SVRROW NMC015-230345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTED FOR TIME OF RADAR OBSERVATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 900 PM MDT SUN APR 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO IN SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY AT 850 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO 10 MILES WEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE AND IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE NORTH PART OF CARLSBAD AT 835 PM MDT. 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 22, 4:27 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 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, 3 hours 30 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-230245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 830 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10PM CDT... AT 825 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN A 110 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NORTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK IN TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN NORTH AND EXTREME WESTERN LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO 30 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOOSRS OR TO A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-230245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 844 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10PM CDT... AT 825 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN A 110 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NORTHWEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK IN TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN NORTH AND EXTREME WESTERN LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO 30 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGEb HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS OR TO A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 8:31 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-230345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 935 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A SMALL PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10PM CDT... AT 925 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THIS AREA WAS FROM NORTHERN LEA COUNTY TO NEAR THE CARLSBAD CAVERNS. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN A 75 MILE WIDE AREA FROM SOUTH OF PECOS TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 22, 8:46 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
946 PM CDT SUN APR 22 1990
TIME (CST) COUNTY EVENT
1734 REEVES CO PUBLIC AT BALMORHEA REPORTED 1/2 TO
TXC389 1 INCH HAIL AT BALMORHEA.
1740 REEVES CO PUBLIC REPORTED HEN EGG SIZE HAIL
TXC389 (TWO INCH DIAMETER) AND HAIL SIX INCHES
DEEP IN BALMORHEA.
1751 REEVES CO PUBLIC AT BALMORHEA REPORTED HAIL OF
TXC389 OVER 1 INCH ABOUT 1740 CST.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 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.