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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 24, 1994Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 1994, 5:42 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 1994, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 205 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 242243 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC317-242345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
542 PM CDT MON OCT 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 441 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF
STANTON MOVING EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT LDRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
Oct 24, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock55 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.