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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 1990Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1990, 7:02 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 73 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, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
73 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Pecos, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 676 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 020003
TORMAF
TXC371-020115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
702 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN PECOS COUNTY
 
...THIS EXTENDS THE TORNADO WARNING ALREADY IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...
 
AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD
AND SHEFFIELD IN EXTREME EASTERN PECOS COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20
MILES AN HOUR TOWARD SHEFFIELD. PERSONS AROUND THE SHEFFIELD AREA
SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 1, 1:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-011925-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
125 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 4 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 125 PM CDT...AN AREA OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WERE EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF LUBBOCK.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STnAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-012025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
225 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 225 PM CDT...AN AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH
EAST OF LUBBOCK.

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
MIDLAND.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-012025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
247 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CRANE COUNTY UNTIL
   345 PM CDT..
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS SOUTH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AT 244PM CDT...A SKYWARN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1 INCH
HAIL IN CRANE COUNTY...ON RT 1601...5 MILES SOUTH OF RT 1233.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell58 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.