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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1994, 7:35 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1994, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pecos County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Iraan, TX | An eastward moving supercell thunderstorm produced grapefruit-size hail that was reported by a SKYWARN spotter. The public later reported a brief tornado on Highway 349. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 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 100036 TORMAF TXC371-100130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 735 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...EASTERN PECOS COUNTY AT 734 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| May 10, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 46 min |
| May 10, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 67 min |
| May 10, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 42 min |
| May 10, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward | 63 min |
| May 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 58 min |
| May 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 63 min |
| May 10, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 56 min |
| May 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 55 min |
| May 10, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| May 10, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.