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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 4, 1995Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 1995, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1995, 11:25 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Upton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 050324
SVRMAF
TXC461-050425-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1024 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1125 PM CDT (1025 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY
 
AT 1020 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH
OF CRANE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF MIDKIFF BY 1050 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell69 min
May 4, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 4, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell49 min
May 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
May 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
May 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward62 min
May 5, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 5, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler64 min
May 5, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin57 min
May 5, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward63 min
May 5, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor66 min
May 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland49 min
May 5, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland54 min
May 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
May 5, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos61 min
May 5, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell40 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.