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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 22, 1994Ector County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 12:53 PM CDTTornado F0Goldsmith, TXThe 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 1994-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.