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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 10, 1994Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1994, 2:34 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1994, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 101935
TORMAF
TXC173-329-102030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
234 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY...EASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD...VERY NEAR THE GLASSCOCK COUNTY
LINE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
STAY ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN YOUR LOCAL WEATHER.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
TAKE COVER.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 10, 9:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-101545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
930 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

AT 925 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS
LOCATED FROM NEAR GUADALUPE PASS TO NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. THE
HEAVIEST STORM WAS EAST OF BIG SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 9:34 AM CDT, 5 hours before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ029-101545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
930 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 1994

AT 925 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS
LOCATED FROM NEAR GUADALUPE PASS TO NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. THE
HEAVIEST STORM WAS EAST OF BIG SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDhATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 10, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor46 min
May 10, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves67 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves42 min
May 10, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 10, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Ward63 min
May 10, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler58 min
May 10, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland63 min
May 10, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland55 min
May 10, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward4 hr
May 10, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr

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.