Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 5:18 PM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winkler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMAF 062219 RRA SVRMAF TXC495-062315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 518 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...WINKLER COUNTY AT 517 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WINKLER COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD AFFECT THE CITIES OF KERMIT AN WINK BY 600 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jul 6, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-062040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 139 PM CDT (1239 PM MDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 AT 133 PM CDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH REEVES COUNTY NEAR BALMORHEA AND SARAGOSA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED 20 MILES WEST OF PECOS NEAR TOYAH....AND 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. LITTLT OR NO MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. MOTORIST DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DELAY TRAVELING UNTIL THE HIGH WINDS START TO DIMINISH. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-062040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 139 PM CDT (1239 PM MDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 AT 133 PM CDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH REEVES COUNTY NEAR BALMORHEA AND SARAGOSA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED 20 MILES WEST OF PECOS NEAR TOYAH....AND 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS. LITTLT OR NO MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. MOTORIST DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DELAY TRAVELING UNTIL THE HIGH WINDS START TO DIMINISH. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-062240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 338 PM CDT (238 PM MDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 AT 330 PM CDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON AND IN CULBERSON COUNTY WEST OF ORLA. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS FROM ALPINE TEXAS TO CARLSBAD CAVERNS AND JAL IN NEW MEXICO. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-062240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 338 PM CDT (238 PM MDT) TUE JUL 6 1993 AT 330 PM CDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON AND IN CULBERSON COUNTY WEST OF ORLA. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS FROM ALPINE TEXAS TO CARLSBAD CAVERNS AND JAL IN NEW MEXICO. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE OF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.