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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS El Paso, TX

October 2, 1995Culberson County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1995, 1:31 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1995, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1995, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Culberson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 1995-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1690 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
1690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Oct 2, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZCulberson46 min
Oct 2, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZCulberson51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.