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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1990, 6:56 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1990, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 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 302357 SVRMAF TXC135-310100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 656 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTY AT 655 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. 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, Jul 30, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-302040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 240 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST TEXAS BETWEEN THE BIG BEND AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS TO CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN VICINITY AND NORTHEAST OF ROBERT LEE AND WEST OF SAN ANGELO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EAST TO THE BIG COUNTRY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. URBAN STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN VICINITY OF THE STRONGER STORMS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AT LOW AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-302040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 240 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST TEXAS BETWEEN THE BIG BEND AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS TO CONCHO VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN VICINITY AND NORTHEAST OF ROBERT LEE AND WEST OF SAN ANGELO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EAST TO THE BIG COUNTRY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. URBAN STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN VICINITY OF THE STRONGER STORMS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AT LOW AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-302140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 338 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST TEXAS BETWEEN THE BIG BEND AND THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 330 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN VICINITY AND EAST OF SAN ANGELO...EAST OF CRANE TO NORTHEAST OF BIG LAKE...SOUTHEAST OF BRONTE...AND SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EAST TO THE BIG COUNTRY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. URBAN STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN VICINITY OF THE STRONGER STORMS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AT LOW AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATMENTS AND POSSIB3LE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 430 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALONG THE PECOS RIVER FROM EAST OF SANDERSON TO MCCAMEY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO WEST OF RANKIN...SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON... SOUTH OF MIDLAND...EAST OF LUBBOCK AND NORTHEAST AND SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED EAST OF A LINE FROM NORTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO MARFA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. FLASH FLOODING CAN CATCH YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. RAIN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE CAN RUN OFF INTO THE PATH OF YOUR VEHICLE AND WASH YOU OFF THE ROAD. IF CAUGHT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS DO NOT GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE. IF THE WATER IS STRONG ENOUGH TO WASH YOUR VEHICLE AWAY THER6E IS NO WAY YOU CAN ESCAPE THROUGH THAT SAME WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-302345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 530 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 530 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR OZONA... BAKERSFIELD...CRANE...BIG LAKE...NORTH OF LUBBOCK...EAST OF SHEFFIELD AND SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO. OTHER THUNDERSTOMRS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED EAST OF A MARATHON...LUBBOCK LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FLASH FLOODING CAN CATCH YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. NORMALLY DRY CREEKS CAN BECOME RAGING TORRENTS OF WATER FROM THUNDERSTORMS A GREAT DISTANCE AWAY. ROADS CAN BECOME COVERED WITH RUNNING WATER THAT APPEARS ONLY INCHES DEEP. THOSE INCHES OF WATER MAY HAVE ENOUGH FORCE BEHIND THEM TO PUSH YOU VEHICLE INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. MOST DEATHS FROM FLASH FLOODING ARE FROM PEOPLE LEAVINGy THEIR VEHICLE AFTER ITS BEEN STALLED BY WATER. IF THE WATER HAS ENOUGH FORCE TO PUSH YOUR VEHICLE AROUND...THINK WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOU. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:35 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-310045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 630 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WEST TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 630 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SOUTH OF ODESSA ...NORTH...EAST AND SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...NEAR OZONA...AND SOUTH AND NORTHWEST OF BIG LAKE. OTHER THUNDERSTOMRS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED EAST OF A MARATHON...ODESSA LINE AND EAST OF A SAN ANGELO...LUBBOCK LINE. VERY LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT IS DETECTED. FLASH FLOODING CAN CATCH YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. NORMALLY DRY CREEKS CAN BECOME RAGING TORRENTS OF WATER FROM THUNDERSTORMS A GREAT DISTANCE AWAY. ROADS CAN BECOME COVERED WITH RUNNING WATER THAT APPEARS ONLY INCHES DEEP. THOSE INCHES OF WATER MAY HAVE ENOUGH FORCE BEHIND THEM TO PUSH YOUR VEHICLE INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. MOST DEATHS FROM FLASH FLOODING ARE FROM PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR VEHICLE AFTER ITS BEEN STALLED BY WATER. IF THE WATER HAS ENOUGH FORCE TO PUSH YOUR VEHICLE AROUND...THINK WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOU. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.