Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1995, 9:06 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 1995, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 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, 2.1 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
- 2501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 050207 SVRMAF TXC443-050255- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 906 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 955 PM CDT (855 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY AT 905 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 349 AND FARM ROAD 2400 IN NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 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 2INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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 4, 8:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
TXZ050-052-061>063-068-069-075-082-050640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 838 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 285 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM CDT... SOME OF THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ANDREWS...CRANE... ECTOR...GLASSCOCK...MIDLAND...PECOS...TERRELL AND UPTON. THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH AND WINDS EXCEEDING 58 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. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 69 min |
| May 4, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 61 min |
| May 4, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 60 min |
| May 4, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 60 min |
| May 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 62 min |
| May 5, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 62 min |
| May 5, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 64 min |
| May 5, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 63 min |
| May 5, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 66 min |
| May 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 49 min |
| May 5, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 54 min |
| May 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| May 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| May 5, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 40 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.