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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 16, 1990, 6:58 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 1990, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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 170000 RRA SVRMAF TXC371-170100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 658 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 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 ...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PECOS COUNTY AT 655 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF FOYRT STOCKTON AND JUST SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER SOUTHEAST OF GRANDFALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS EXTENDS AND UPDATES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR NORTH PECOS COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING W
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, 2 hours 10 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, 1 hour 21 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.
Special weather statement, Oct 16, 6:44 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ013-014-016-051-053-NMZ013-170040- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 637 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE NORTH PART OF PECOS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER SOUTH OF GRANDFALLS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. WIDELY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF MONAHANS TO NORTHEAST OF BALMORHEA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. I
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.