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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1990, 5:55 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Aug 14, 1990, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Midland, 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 142257 SVRMAF TXC329-150000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 555 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY AT 554 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF MIDLAND MOVING NORTH AT 10 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, Aug 14, 12:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-141845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1250 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS... AT 1229 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED BETWEEN SWEETWATER...LUBBOCK...HOBBS NEW MEXICO AND MIDLAND. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BETWEEN STANTON AND SEMINOLE...AND ALSO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNYDER. ALSO...LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM SONORA TO NEAR PECOS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS... SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF A STORM APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A HOUSE OR BUILDING UNTIL IT PASSES. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR AREA RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-141945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 146 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 1990 AT 125 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY EXTENDED FROM BROWNFIELD TO NEAR BIG SPRING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED BETWEEN HOBBS NEW MEXICO...LUBBOCK TEXAS AND SAN ANGELO TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF A STORM APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR HOUSE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...PONDING AND FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW-LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ACROSS AREAS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS OR THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT FOR WATER COVERED ROADS. NEVER CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. STAY TUNEDb TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-141945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 146 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 1990 AT 125 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM BROWNFIELD TO NEAR BIG SPRING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED BETWEEN HOBBS NEW MEXICO...LUBBOCK TEXAS AND SAN ANGELO TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF A STORM APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR HOUSE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...PONDING AND FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW-LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ACROSS AREAS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS OR THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT FOR WATER COVERED ROADS. NEVER CROSS A FLOODEfD ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-142045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 248 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 1990 AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN SAN ANGELO...LUBBOCK...PLAINS AND LAMESA. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF ODESSA TO NEAR FORT DAVIS...TO EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING IN AN HOUR 10 MILES NORTH OF LAMESA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO A THREAT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR AREA RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 57 min |
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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.