Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1994, 12:53 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1994, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1994, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Goldsmith, TX | The public reported a small rope tornado that lasted less than ,five minutes. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 22, 7:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-221340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 739 AM CDT (639 AM MDT) FRI APR 22 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 730 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY NEAR BIG SPRING TO AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS SANATORIUM JUST NORTH OF SAN ANGELO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THAT STRETCHED AS FAR NORTH AS ABILENE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF MOVEMENT...GARDEN CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAIN IN THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT RAIN WAS SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF CULBERSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 8:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-221440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 838 AM CDT (738 AM MDT) FRI APR 22 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 830 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN GLASSCOCK COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY. HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM THIS AREA TO SOUTH OF STERLING CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THAT STRETCHED AS FAR NORTH AS AN ABILENE-GAIL LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF CULBERSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.