Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 6:48 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 052349 SVRMAF TXC329-060045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 648 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 649 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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 5, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 243 PM CDT (143 PM MDT) TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 225 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO NORTHEAST OF MARATHON AND WEST OF SHAFTER AND TO FORT DAVIS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF MARATHON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 243 PM CDT (143 PM MDT) TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 225 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO NORTHEAST OF MARATHON AND WEST OF SHAFTER AND TO FORT DAVIS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF MARATHON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-052140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 338 PM CDT (238 PM MDT) TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 325 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS REMAINED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO NEAR THE RIO GRANDE SOUTHEAST OF SHAFTER AND THEN BACK TO EAST OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATFERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO NORTHEAST OF TERLINGUA AND TO EAST OF KENT. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON AND EAST OF BALMORHEA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE PECOS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON DURING THE LAST HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON TO NORTHEAST OF TERLINGUA AND TO EAST OF KENT. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON AND EAST OF BALMORHEA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE PECOS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON DURING THE LAST HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.