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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 2:38 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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
- Jun 1, 1990, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:39 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Crane, TX | |
| Jun 1, 2:56 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Crane, TX | |
| Jun 1, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Crane, TX | |
| Jun 1, 3:39 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Crane, 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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 3515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.5
- Supercell composite
- 22.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 011940 SVRMAF TXC103-012045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 238 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...CRANE COUNTY AT 235 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF CRANE...IN CRANE COUNTY. LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO...MAY BE ACCOMPANYING THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 239 PM CDT...3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON RT 1601 AT THE ARCO PLANT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jun 1, 9:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-011535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 930 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 AT 925 AM CDT...A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS EAST OF BIG SPRING AND WEST THROUGH NORTH OF ABILENE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO AND SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TU_NED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-011635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 4 PM CDT... AT 1025 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS WEST OF SNYDER. A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED EAST OF BIG SPRING AND EXTENDED TO NORTH OF ABILINE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-011735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 1130 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS SOUTH OF LUBBOCK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NORTHEAST OF BIG SPRING AND SOUTH EAST OF LUBBOCK. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE EAST OF ABILINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-011825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1225 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 1225 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS NORTH WEST OF ABILINE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. M1OVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-011925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 125 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 125 PM CDT...AN AREA OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STnAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-012025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 225 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... AT 225 PM CDT...AN AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH EAST OF LUBBOCK. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF MIDLAND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane | 57 min |
| May 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 61 min |
| May 31, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 69 min |
| May 31, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 60 min |
| May 31, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 49 min |
| May 31, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 67 min |
| May 31, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
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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.