Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 2:52 AM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 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, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 290753 SVRMAF NMC025-TXC389-290900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 252 AM CDT (152 AM MDT) MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT (300 AM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN REEVES COUNTY AT 250 AM CDT (150 AM MDT)...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF ORLA. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF COTTON PLACE OR 25 MILES WEST OF JAL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, May 28, 10:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-290450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1046 PM CDT (946 PM MDT) SUN MAY 28 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1035 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACKERLY...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BARNHART...TO NEAR PANDALE AND TO 20 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANDALE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL jRADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 28, 11:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-290450- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1102 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT) SUN MAY 28 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED AT 11 PM... AT 11 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ACKERLY...TO JAYTON...TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 28, 11:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-290450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1102 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT) SUN MAY 28 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED AT 11 PM... AT 11 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ACKERLY...TO JAYTON...TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, May 28, 11:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1132 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
314 PM MIDKIFF 6S TX 4.00 INCH HAIL
05/28/95 UPTON
704 PM MCCAMEY TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/95 UPTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| May 28, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 68 min |
| May 28, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 66 min |
| May 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 62 min |
| May 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 62 min |
| May 29, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 93 min |
| May 29, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 58 min |
| May 29, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 61 min |
| May 29, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
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.