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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 9, 1990Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1990, 7:59 PM CST for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1990, 7:59 PM CST (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1990, 9:00 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ector 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 716 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 100159
SVRMAF
TXC135-100300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
759 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ODESSA...
 
AT 755 PM CST MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MONOHANS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
ECTOR COUNTY SHORTLY.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE S,HOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler58 min
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.