Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 1990, 2:04 AM MST for Lea County, New Mexico; Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 11, 1990, 2:04 AM MST (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1990, 2:45 AM MST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lea County, NM, Winkler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:17 AM MST | Hail 0.75 | Lea, NM |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 110906 SVRMAF NMC025-TXC495-110945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 304 AM CST (204 AM MST) SUN MAR 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CST (245 AM MST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...EASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...EASTERN WINKLER COUNTY AT 305AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HIGH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF PYOTE TO WINK TO JAL NEW MEXICO TO JUST WEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 10, 8:34 PM MST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ003-110440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 932 PM CST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CST... AT 925 PM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...CONTINUED OVER WEST TEXAS IN AN AREA 70 MILES WIDE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF CLAIREMONT TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN OZONA AND SWEETWATER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... ...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 9:05 PM MST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ003-110440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1004 PM CST SAT MAR 10 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND DECREASED IN INTENSITY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:13 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Gaines | 62 min |
| Mar 11, 3:04 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1990Severe 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.