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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 11, 1990Andrews County, Ector County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 1990, 3:13 AM CST for Andrews County, Ector County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
Mar 11, 1990, 3:13 AM CST (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 1990, 4:15 AM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 11, 3:45 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 61Andrews, TX
Mar 11, 3:45 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 62Gaines, TX
Mar 11, 3:50 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 53Ector, 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 1990-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 110914
SVRMAF
TXC003-165-135-111015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
313 AM CST SUN MAR 11 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ANDREWS COUNTY...GAINES COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 310 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF MONAHANS INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
TO HOBBS.
 
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, 9:34 PM CST, 5 hours 39 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, 10:05 PM CST, 5 hours 8 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler41 min
Mar 11, 4:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland56 min

Nearby

Severe 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.