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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1990Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1990, 7:24 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 4, 1990, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1990, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 7:40 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52Eddy, 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 1990-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1156 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 1990-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 050124
SVRROW
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
724 PM MDT MON JUN 04 1990
NMC015-050200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM
724 PM MDT MON JUN 4 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO IN EDDY COUNTY

AT 718 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE MOUNTAINS
PRODUCED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR AT LAKEWOOD...12
MILES SOUTH OF ARTESIA. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED BY THE STATE
POLICE 5 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SLOWLY
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST...APPROACHING THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TOp 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.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.