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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1995Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 8:12 AM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Andrews County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3765 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
3765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.7
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 041313
SVRMAF
TXC003-041400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
812 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY
 
AT 810 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
SOUTH OF ANDREWS. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST 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 OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines61 min
Jun 4, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews62 min
Jun 4, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines51 min
Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines36 min
Jun 4, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson56 min
Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines32 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines32 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines28 min
Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson65 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson28 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin55 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines31 min
Jun 4, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson35 min
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson58 min
Jun 4, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin66 min
Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews43 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden61 min

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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.