Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 876
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 30, 1998, 2:15 PM MST for 9 counties in New Mexico; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1998, 2:15 PM MST (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1998, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terry County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2:25 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 2:41 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 49 min |
| Oct 30, 2:42 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 2:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 2:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 3:00 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 60 min |
| Oct 30, 3:15 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 3:44 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 3:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 4:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 4:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 47 min |
| Oct 30, 4:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 51 min |
| Oct 30, 4:30 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry | 45 min |
| Oct 30, 4:31 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 64 min |
| Oct 30, 4:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 4:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 5:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 5:09 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 51 min |
| Oct 30, 5:12 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry | 33 min |
| Oct 30, 5:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 5:18 PM MST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 32 min |
| Oct 30, 5:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 60 min |
| Oct 30, 5:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 47 min |
| Oct 30, 5:53 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 47 min |
| Oct 30, 5:53 PM MST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 17 min |
| Oct 30, 5:57 PM MST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 33 min |
| Oct 30, 6:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 49 min |
| Oct 30, 6:25 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 6:37 PM MST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 33 min |
| Oct 30, 6:39 PM MST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 51 min |
| Oct 30, 6:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 61 min |
| Oct 30, 7:00 PM MST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 60 min |
| Oct 30, 7:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 7:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 7:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 33 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 3:45 PM MST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.