Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 2:09 AM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 2:09 AM CDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 280711 SVRMAF TXC227-280815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 209 AM CDT THU APR 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...HOWARD COUNTY AT 0205 THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL IN SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH HOWARD COUNTY TO THE NORTHEAST 40 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 POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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 28, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-280645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1240 AM CDT (1140 PM MDT) THU APR 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS UNTIL 500 AM CDT... ...A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH WINKLER...ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES... AT 1228 AM CDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GRANDFALLS...TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS NEW MEXICO...TO NEAR LITTLEFIELD AND TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME \OR BUSINESS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 59 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.