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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 23, 1995Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 8:57 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1995-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 808 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 1995-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 3:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 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, 4:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews48 min
Jun 23, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor41 min
Jun 23, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
Jun 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton69 min
Jun 23, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland67 min
Jun 23, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden58 min
Jun 23, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland24 min
Jun 24, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews33 min
Jun 24, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell35 min
Jun 24, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell48 min
Jun 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell33 min
Jun 23, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDe Baca63 min
Jun 23, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves, Lea48 min
Jun 23, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.