Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 10:32 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1995, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 070332 RRA SVRMAF TXC317-070430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1032 PM CDT THU JUL 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...MARTIN COUNTY AT 1031 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY...NEAR ACKERLY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Jul 6, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 630 PM CDT (530 PM MDT) THU JUL 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO TERRELL COUNTY... AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST TERRELL COUNTY. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND KILLER CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EAST FROM TERRELL COUNTY INTO VAL VERDE COUNTY AND NORTH TO NEAR BIG LAKE OF REAGAN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST BIG COUNTRY. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 743 PM CDT (643 PM MDT) THU JUL 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF IRAAN... AT 730 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IRAAN OF EAST PECOS COUNTY. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF MCCAMEY ALONG THE PECOS/CROCKETT COUNTY LINE....AND WEST OF CRANE. WHILE OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENDED EAST FROM...WEST OF SANDERSON...TO NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO OF SCHLEICHER COUNTY. MOVEMENT GENERALLY WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 841 PM CDT (741 PM MDT) THU JUL 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN EAST PECOS COUNTY... AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN A AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BAKERSFIELD AND IMPERIAL. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY LIKELY CONTAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. ALSO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL CRANE AND NORTHWEST UPTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE LOCATED OVER THE WEST CONCHO VALLEY...AND EDWARDS PLATEAU REGION. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL IRION COUNTY. MOVEMENT GENERALLY NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 928 PM CDT (828 PM MDT) THU JUL 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CRANE COUNTY AND EAST BORDEN COUNTY... AT 920 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WEST CRANE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF MONAHANS. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED TROUGH CENTRAL CRANE COUNTY DURING THE LAST HOUR. ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF GAIL...IN BORDEN COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM...NORTHWEST REAGAN COUNTY...TO EAST OF OZONA IN CROCKETT COUNTY. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING THE WEST AT 10 MILES HOUR AND BUILDING TO THE NORTHWEST. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. 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 6, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 69 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.