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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 1990Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ector County, TX, Midland 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 1990-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1736 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 1990-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
1736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane57 min
May 31, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson61 min
May 31, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard69 min
May 31, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson49 min
May 31, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton67 min
May 31, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton62 min
Jun 1, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane67 min
Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane56 min
Jun 1, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos62 min
Jun 1, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Upton55 min
Jun 1, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos57 min
Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos57 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.