Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 9:55 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 9:55 PM MDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMAF 270355 RRA SVRMAF NMC025-270445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1055 PM CDT (955 PM MDT) MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT (1045 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AT 1054 PM CDT (954 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN LEA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF TATUM AND LOVINGTON CAN EXPECT THIS STORM BY 1020 PM MDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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.
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 26, 4:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-262340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 533 PM CDT (433 PM MDT) MON JUN 26 1995 AT 525 PM CDT (425 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...WERE SCATTERED ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS...FROM THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...SOUTH OF SIERRA BLANCA...TO JUST SOUTH OF MARFA...AND TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY. BE ALERT NEAR LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ALONG ROADWAYS FOR POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:37 PM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-270040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 637 PM CDT (537 PM MDT) MON JUN 26 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN PARTS OF FAR SOUTHWEST TEXAS... AT 625 PM CDT (525 PM MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF DEL CITY...TO SIERRA BLANCA...AND ALSO FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MARFA...TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNT OF OVER AN INCH EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE TO EXTREME SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY. BECAUSE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA ARE REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA...LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FEW INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-270135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 732 PM CDT (632 PM MDT) MON JUN 26 1995 AT 725 PM CDT....VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF SANDERSON TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...IN EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK...TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...SOUTH OF VAN HORN . MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-270345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 942 PM CDT (842 PM MDT) MON JUN 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WERE APPROACHING THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 935 PM CDT (835 PM MDT)...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ROSWELL NEW MEXICO SOUTHWARD TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK OF TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PECOS. THIS PRECIPITATION SHOULD REACH THE COMMUNITIES OF PECOS AND MENTONE BY AROUND 1000 PM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...SOUTHEAST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:33 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-270435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1032 PM CDT (932 PM MDT) MON JUN 26 1995 AT 1025 PM CDT (925 PM MDT)...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROSWELL...TO JUST SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...TO JUST WEST OF PECOS...TO THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...AND THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...JUST SOUTH OF SANDERSON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY LINE AND IN NORTHERN LEA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS OF 50 MPH AND VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE OBSERVED...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 26, 9:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 11:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.