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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS El Paso, TX

June 27, 1995Brewster County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 4:14 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1209 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KELP 272114 RRA
SVRELP
TXC043-272145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
314 PM MDT (414 PM CDT) TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM MDT (445 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ALPINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM IS
MOVING ALONG HWY 90 AND SHOULD BE NEAR MARATHON TEXAS AT 430 PM CDT.
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF HAIL AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 67 AND 90.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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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.