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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1990, 11:09 PM CDT for Midland 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 23, 1990, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Midland, 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 240409 SVRMAF TXC329-240515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1109 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 1105 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MIDLAND COUNTY. DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BY STORM SPOTTERS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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
Local storm report, Apr 23, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
643 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990
TIME (CST) COUNTY EVENT
1440 TERRELL CO PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
TXC443 IN DRYDEN (20 SE OF P07).
1450 TERRELL CO PUBLIC REPORTED HEN EGG SIZE HAIL
TXC443 (TWO INCH DIAMETER) IN DRYDEN.
1629 HOWARD CO SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN THE
TXC227 CITY OF BIG SPRING. (BGS)
1700 GLASSCOCK CO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC
TXC173 AT ST LAWRENCE (35 SE OF MAF).
1710 GLASSCOCK CO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE
TXC173 PUBLIC 5 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY.
MESSAGE WAS RELAYED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (30E OF MAF)Special weather statement, Apr 23, 7:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-240140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 740 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 730 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED WITHIN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DRYDEN TO 25 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 8:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-240240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 840 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF PECOS TO NEAR PANDALE THEN NORTH TO SOUTH OF GUTHRIE AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MONAHANS. HEAVIEgST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STERLING CITY TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWEETWATER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 9:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-240340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 935 PM CDT MON APR 23 1990 AT 925 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM GRANDFALLS TO LAMESA THEN EASTWARD TO ABILENE AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR OZONA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDLAND...AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ROBERT LEE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HIGH WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY TYPE OF THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY IF YOUR LIFE SEEMS IN DANGER.`
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 65 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.