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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1990, 1:28 PM CDT for Gaines 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
- May 29, 1990, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1990, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gaines, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 291830 TORMAF TXC165-291930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 128 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...GAINES COUNTY INCLUDNG THE CITY OF SEMINOLE... AT 125 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 ROOMP 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 29, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| May 29, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 59 min |
| May 29, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 62 min |
| May 29, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 68 min |
| May 29, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 29 min |
| May 29, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 58 min |
| May 29, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 68 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.