Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1995, 9:31 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1995, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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
- 5375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 KMAF 060232 RRA SVRMAF TXC443-060330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 931 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...TERRELL COUNTY AT 930 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH TERRELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOLT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jul 5, 4:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050-051-061>063-068-075-082-052155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 421 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995 ...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND CONCHO VALLEY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... SOME OF THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MARTIN... HOWARD... MITCHELL... ECTOR... MIDLAND... GLASSCOCK... UPTON... REAGAN... PECOS... AND TERRELL. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:31 PM CDT, 5 hours before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-052235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 431 PM CDT (331 PM MDT) WED JUL 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT)... AT 425 PM CDT (325 MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF STERLING CITY. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF MIDLAND TO NEAR ROBERT LEA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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. 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-060035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 633 PM CDT (533 PM MDT) WED JUL 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT (525 MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL WERE OCCURRING IN IRION COUNTY 15 MILES NORTH OF BARNHART AND IN THE VICINITY OF SAN ANGELO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL WAS LOCATED WEST OF ABILENE IN THE VICINITY OF TRENT. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BIG LAKE AND NEAR ELDORADO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-060135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 735 PM CDT (635 PM MDT) WED JUL 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT (625 MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NORTH OF OZONA IN CROCKETT COUNTY...NORTHEASTWARD TO THE VICINITY OF SAN ANGELO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF OZONA AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF ELDORADO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTH MIDLAND COUNTY AND NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:33 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-060235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 833 PM CDT (733 PM MDT) WED JUL 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT (625 MDT)...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...WERE LOCATED BETWEEN OZONA IN CROCKETT COUNTY... AND SAN ANGELO OF TOM GREEN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN OZONA AND SONORA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE STILL EXISTS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 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.