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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 1994Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1994, 10:07 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1994, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 18 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 270307 RRA
TORMAF
TXC329-270415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1007 PM CDT THU MAY 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AT 1004 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED BASEBAL SIZED HAIL AT THE
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 60 AND 1788. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-SOUTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines66 min
May 26, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews59 min
May 26, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor68 min
May 26, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews57 min
May 26, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin62 min
May 26, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor66 min
May 26, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland115 min
May 26, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard61 min
May 26, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock56 min
May 26, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
May 26, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton31 min
May 27, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 27, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane59 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.