Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 12:03 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 12:03 AM MDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eddy County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMAF 220604 RRA SVRMAF NMC015-220700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 103 AM CDT (1203 AM MDT) THU JUN 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT (100 AM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY AT MIDNIGHT MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES WEST OF WHITES CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 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, Jun 21, 6:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-220130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 728 PM CDT (628 PM MDT) WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 725 PM CDT (625 PM MDT)...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... STRETCHED FROM WHITEFACE TO NEAR GUADALUPE PASS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM NEAR TATUM TO 10 MILES WEST OF LOVINGTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARFA AND JUST NORTHEAST OF SARAGOSA. RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-220235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 830 PM CDT (730 PM MDT) WED JUN 21 1995 AT 825 PM CDT (725 PM CDT)...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF LUBBOCK TO WHITEFACE AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ORLA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST EDDY COUNTY... NEAR PLAINS... AND ALSO NEAR LEVELLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-220435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1031 PM CDT (931 PM MDT) WED JUN 21 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LOVING COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1030 PM CDT (930 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENTONE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PECOS. THESE STORMS HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS BETWEEN LAMESA AND LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1140 PM CDT WED JUN 22 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM QUEEN NM .80 INCH HAIL
06/22/95 EDDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 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.