Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1990, 6:56 PM CST for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1990, 6:56 PM CST (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1990, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ward County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 100055 SVRMAF TXC475-100200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 656 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...WARD COUNTY AT 650 PM CST MIDLAND RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 15 WEST OF PYOTE IN WARD COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALL OF WESTERN TEXAS IN IS AN AREA THAT IS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPEMEMT. STAY ALERT FOR ANY RAPID CHANGES IN THE LOCAL WEATHER. 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
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ002-003-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 542 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990 AT 530 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ENCLOSED WITHIN A 70 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAN HORN TO 15 MILES WEST OF KERMIT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF PECOS...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SARAGOSA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH WINDS...SMALL HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ALSO PECOS HAS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMETDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 6:32 PM CST, 24 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ002-003-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 630 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990 AT 625 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ENCLOSED WITHIN A 75 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES WEST OF MARFA TEXAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS...AND JUST SOUTH OF WINK. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH WINDS...SMALL HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ALSO PECOS HAS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 58 min |
| Mar 9, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 61 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.