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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1995Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 4:34 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Dawson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 042135 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC115-042230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
434 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 432 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF DAWSON COUNTY... ABOUT 4 MILES
WEST OF THE CITY OF WELCH.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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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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, Jun 4, 10:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041655-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1034 AM CDT (934 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND
PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 1032 AM CDT (932 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR.

THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-050500-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1129 AM CDT (1029 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS:

ANDREWS   DAWSON    GLASSCOCK  MARTIN    REEVES   WARD
BORDEN    ECTOR     HOWARD     MIDLAND   TERRELL  WINKLER
CRANE     GAINES    LOVING     PECOS     UPTON

AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO:

EDDY      LEA

SYNOPSIS: THIS MORNING...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED FROM THE
WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH JAL NEW MEXICO TO JUST EAST OF
MARFA. DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS IN PLACE TO THE EAST OF THE
TROUGH. STRONG HEATING COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
COLD AIR ALOFT WILL RESULT IN EXTREME INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON
EAST OF THE TROUGH.

A DRYLINE WILL SET UP ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO BEGINS TO PROVIDE
THE LIFT REQUIRED TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON.

THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME INSTABILITY AND A FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR
SUGGESTS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY. VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE THREAT AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE THAT PART OF WEST TEXAS EAST OF
THE NEW MEXICO BORDER AND FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW
MEXICO TO JUST EAST OF MARFA. WITHIN THIS AREA...A MODERATE RISK
EXISTS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A GARDEN CITY TO WINK LINE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041755-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1137 AM CDT (1037 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND
   PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 1135 AM CDT (1035 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF WHITEFACE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKENS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041850-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1247 PM CDT (1147 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS
AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 1235 PM CDT (1135 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF WHITEFACE.  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITEFACE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041935-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
134 PM CDT (1234 PM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS
AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 130 PM CDT (1230 PM MDT)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LUBBOCK TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-042030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
226 PM CDT (126 PM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS
AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT (125 PM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HOBBS
IN EXTREME EASTERN GAINES COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED FROM PLAINVIEW TO 6
MILES EAST OF HOBBS.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews48 min
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, 4:43 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

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.