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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 1990Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1990, 7:32 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell 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, 7:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Terrell, 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2869 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
2869 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
22.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 020032
TORMAF
TXC443-020130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
732 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING INTO THE
NORTHEAST PORTION OF TERRELL COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES AND IS STILL SHOWING THAT TREND.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORTO...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos73 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.