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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 3:00 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1994, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 29, 9:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 939 AM CDT (839 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GAINES, BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 925 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL...WERE OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...AND PARTS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...IN AN AREA THAT WAS EAST OF LINE FROM LITTLEFIELD...TO SEMINOLE...TO MIDLAND...TO OZONA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF LENORAH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES HOUR IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS... AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR IN THE NORTH. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291635-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1034 AM CDT (934 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GAINES, BORDEN,
DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 1025 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
...EXTENDED SOUTH FROM...THE SOUTH PLAINS...TO THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND
EAST INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK
...TO MIDLAND...TO BIG LAKE...TO OZONA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 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 29, 11:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 AM CDT (1035 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... ...SEVERE WATCH CANCELLED FOR GAINES COUNTY... AT 1125 AM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT COVERED A LARGE PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS ...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK...TO MIDLAND...TO OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE LAST HOUR. HOWEVER CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1135 AM CDT (1035 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... ...SEVERE WATCH CANCELLED FOR GAINES COUNTY... AT 1125 AM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN THAT COVERED A LARGE PART OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS ...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. THIS AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK...TO MIDLAND...TO OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE LAST HOUR. HOWEVER CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR T2HE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-291840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1239 PM CDT (1139 AM MDT) FRI APR 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR BORDEN, DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES. AT 1225 AM CDT...AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE BIG COUNTRY...AND THE CONCHO VALLEY...FROM LUBBOCK...TO BIG8 SPRING...TO ABILENE...SOUTH THROUGH SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 65 min |
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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.