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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 29, 1994Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 6:29 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 29, 1994, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 438 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 990 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, Stephenville/Cla, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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.