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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1990, 3:43 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 1, 1990, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 4:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | 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, 8.7 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
- 3515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.5
- Supercell composite
- 22.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 012044 RRA TORMAF TXC371-012145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 343 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AT 340 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF GIRVIN IN EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane | 57 min |
| May 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 61 min |
| May 31, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 69 min |
| May 31, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 60 min |
| May 31, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 49 min |
| May 31, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 67 min |
| May 31, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 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.