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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:00 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 58 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.