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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 12, 1990De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1990, 6:29 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1990, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1990, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1990-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1990-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 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 KABQ 130030
SVRABQ
NMC011-019-130130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
629 PM MDT SUN AUG 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
BETWEEN THE TOWN OF PUERTO DE LUNA AND SUMNER LAKE WHICH IS
BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND FORT SUMNER. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOWED
LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THE STORM BUILDING
TO THE WEST.
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATEPR COVERS THE ROAD.

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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.