Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1994, 12:14 AM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1994, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1994, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMAF 100515 RRA SVRMAF TXC135-100600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1214 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN ECTOR COUNTY AT 1212 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ODESSA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE CITIES OF GOLDSMITH AND ODESSA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS FOR SAFETY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, May 9, 9:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 907 PM CDT (808 PM MDT) MON MAY 9 1994 ...TORNADO HAS WATCH EXPIRED... AT 900 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED 4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS MOVED INTO CROCKETT COUNTY. HOWEVER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS THE PERMIAN BASIN. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 9:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 907 PM CDT (808 PM MDT) MON MAY 9 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED... AT 900 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED 4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS MOVED INTO CROCKETT COUNTY. HOWEVER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS THE PERMIAN BASIN. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFOXRMATION.
Special weather statement, May 9, 9:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 907 PM CDT (808 PM MDT) MON MAY 9 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED... AT 900 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED 4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL HAS MOVED INTO CROCKETT COUNTY. HOWEVER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS THE PERMIAN BASIN. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFOXRMATION.
Local storm report, May 9, 9:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
954 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1994
...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OCCURRING ON MAY 9, 1994...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
730 - 745 PM CDT PECOS SPOTTER REPORTED SOFTBALL
TXC371 SIZED HAIL 21/2 MILES SOUTH
OF BAKERSFIELD.
821 PM CDT PECOS PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO
TXC371 BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 8
MILES SOUTH OF IRAAN ON
HWY 349.Local storm report, May 9, 9:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
954 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1994
...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OCCURRING ON MAY 9, 1994...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
730 - 745 PM CDT PECOS SPOTTER REPORTED SOFTBALL
TXC371 SIZED HAIL 21/2 MILES SOUTH
OF BAKERSFIELD.
821 PM CDT PECOS B PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO
TXC371 BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 8
MILES SOUTH OF IRAAN ON
HWY 349.Local storm report, May 9, 11:29 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1129 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1994
...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OCCURRING ON MAY 10, 1994...
TIME COUNTY EVENT
0411 AM CDT WINKLER SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4 INCH
TXC495 HAIL NE OF KERMIT FOR
5 MINUTES.
0420 AM CDT WINKLER SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
TXC495 3/4 INCH HAIL.
500 PM CDT HOWARD
TXC227 WIND DAMAGE TO SMALL
BUILDING REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
910 PM CDT LEA JAL POLICE REPORTED
NMC025 3/4 INCH HAIL 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JAL.
921 PM CDT LEA JAL POLICE REPORTED
NM025 3/4 INCH TO 13/4
INCH HAIL 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JAL.
2247 PM CDT ANDREWS SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TXC003 REPORTED 13/4 INCH
HAIL HW 181 AND 115
INTERSECTION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| May 10, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 67 min |
| May 10, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 42 min |
| May 10, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward | 63 min |
| May 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 58 min |
| May 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 63 min |
| May 10, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 56 min |
| May 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 55 min |
| May 10, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| May 10, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.