Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 7:05 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1995, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chaves County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 240108 RRA SVRROW NMC005-240145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 705 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNLAP MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULFD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 23, 1:41 PM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-232045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 241 PM CDT (141 PM MDT) FRI JUN 23 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... AT 235 PM CDT (135 PM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER HIGHWAY 90 MIDWAY BETWEEN ALPINE AND MARATHON. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED ALONG THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO JUST WEST OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-232135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 334 PM CDT (234 PM MDT) FRI JUN 23 1995 AT 325 PM CDT (225 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...WERE SCATTERED FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF ALPINE TEXAS...ALONG THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO WEST OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES IN THE VICINITY OF ALPINE. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-232235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 430 PM CDT (330 PM MDT) FRI JUN 23 1995 AT 425 PM CDT (325 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR BLEDSOE...TO NEAR SANDERSON...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERLINGUA...AND TO NEAR SIERRA BLANCA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARATHON AND NEAR LOVINGTON NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | De Baca | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves, Lea | 48 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.