Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrell County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 3001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 300057 SVRMAF TXC443-300145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 757 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY AT 756 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR 15 MILES SOUTH OF SHEFFIELD. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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 ORr BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 29, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ075-292350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 615 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 604 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MARATHON AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY AND KEEP YOU INFORMED IF IT REINTENSIFIES. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 65 min |
| May 30, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 58 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.