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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 20, 1994Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 1994, 3:25 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1994, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1994, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Holloman AFB, NM (KHMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Holloman AFB, NM at 12:00Z on 1994-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Holloman AFB, NM at 12:00Z on 1994-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KROW 202125
TORROW
NMC015-202200-

BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM
325 PM MDT WED JUL 20 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROSWELL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXCIO...

                  EDDY COUNTY

AT 320 PM  MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
THE CARLSBAD AIRPORT AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A
CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM DAMAGE CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCfY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDe Baca64 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.