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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 25, 1995Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 1995, 7:45 PM CST for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 1995, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 1995, 8:45 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Reeves County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 1995-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 260 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 00:00Z on 1995-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMAF 260145 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC389-260245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
745 PM CST SAT FEB 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN REEVES COUNTY
 
AT 744 PM CST...SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN PECOS WERE RECEIVING REPORTS OF DIME
SIZED HAIL IN THE CITY OF TOYAH. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
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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.