Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 16, 1990, 6:34 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 16, 1990, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pecos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pecos, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 162335 SVRMAF TXC371-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 634 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 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 ...NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY AT 630 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTH PART OF PECOS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER SOUTH OF GRANDFALLS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEA;VY 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, Oct 16, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-162240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 440 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 1990 ...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL BEING REPORTED IN BALMORHEA... AT 435 PM CDT...SHERIFFS DEPUTIES IN BALMORHEA WERE REPORTING HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE CAUSING THIS TYPE OF WEATHER AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE PECOS RIVER SOUTHEAST OF PECOS FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS. AS THE SUN GETS BEGINS TO SET THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BEGIN LOSING ITS SOURCE OF ENERGY AND WILL GROW WEAKER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 5:37 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-162340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 537 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 1990 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF PECOS... AT 525 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF PECOS. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALMORHEA AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALMORHEA. WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON TO WEST OF CRANE TO EAST OF IRAAN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.