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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 11:56 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1994, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1994, 12:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upton County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMAF 270457 RRA SVRMAF TXC461-270600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1156 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY AT 1155 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH UPTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, May 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-270045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 634 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10:00 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL COVERED MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF HOBBS TO NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN YOUR LOCAL WEATHER...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ...YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATION FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-270045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 634 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS UNTIL 10:00 PM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY NEW MEXICO UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL COVERED MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF HOBBS TO NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN YOUR LOCAL WEATHER...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ...YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELE VISION STATION FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| May 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 59 min |
| May 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 68 min |
| May 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 57 min |
| May 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 62 min |
| May 26, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 68 min |
| May 26, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 66 min |
| May 26, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 115 min |
| May 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 61 min |
| May 26, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 56 min |
| May 26, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| May 27, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 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.