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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 9:12 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Andrews 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 080213 SVRMAF TXC003-080315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 912 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...ANDREWS COUNTY AT 912 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDREWS TEXAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 5 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, Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 530 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE IN THE FORT STOCKTON AREA... AT 525 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM THE FORT STOCKTON AREA TO NEAR MARATHON IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO JUST NORTH AND WEST OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE FAIRLY STATIONARY. IF YOU LIVE IN THE FORT STOCKTON AREA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FORT STOCKTON... YOU MAY EXPERIENCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 635 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST NORTHWEST AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF MIDLAND. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM THE FORT STOCKTON AREA SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. NONE OF THESE STORMS OR SHOWERS SHOWED MUCH MOVEMENT WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORT STOCKTON AREA HAVE PRODUCED SOME PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWN POURS OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO A THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS. IF A STORM APPROACHES OR DEVELOPES NEAR YOU...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES OR DISSIPATES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER&S STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-080145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 736 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 727 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWN POURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE DRIVING BETWEEN THE CITIES OF MIDLAND AND LAMESA...BE PREPARED FOR LOWER VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED kFROM THE FORT STOCKTON AREA TO NEAR SANDERSON. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 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.