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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 27, 1994Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 10:25 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 10:25 PM MDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 414 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
414 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
687 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 280426
SVRMAF
NMC025-280515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1125 PM CDT (1025 PM MDT) WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT (1115 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 1125 PC CDT (1025 PM MDT)...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHING JAL NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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 POSSI>BLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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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.