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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 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, 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 |
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.