Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1995, 11:02 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1995, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1995, 11:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
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, Jul 5, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 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, 3 hours 27 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, 2 hours 29 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, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 59 min |
| 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 |
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.