Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 7:08 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1995, 7:08 AM MDT (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1995, 8:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lea County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 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
- 766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 051309 SVRMAF NMC025-051415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 808 AM CDT (708 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND
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, May 5, 3:48 AM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-051045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 447 AM CDT (347 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 AM MDT... AT 430 AM CDT (330 AM MDT)...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MALJAMAR. THIS STORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS FROM TATUM NEW MEXICO TO 20 MILES WEST OF ARTESIA NEW MEXICO TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUADALUPE PASS IN TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF TATUM NEW MEXICO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WERE ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM A LINE EXTENDING 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARFA TO SAN ANGELO SOUTHWARD TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE VICINITY SURROUNDING DRYDEN...SANDERSON AND LONGFELLOW. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUN:DERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-051145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 539 AM CDT (439 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995 ...STORMS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS... AT 525 AM CDT (425 AM MDT)...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS IN NEW MEXICO AND 7 MILES EAST OF SARAGOSA TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 630 AM CDT (530 AM MDT) AS THEY TRACK NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EDDY COUNTY NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS PECOS AND WARD COUNTIES IN TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ARTESIA NEW MEXICO TO EDEN TEXAS. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF TATUM NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. THE SAFEST LOCATION IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REMEMBER...MOBILE HOMES OFFER LITTLE OR NO PROTECTION FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045-046-050-051-058>062-067>069-051735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 629 AM CDT (529 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 286 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT (1100 AM MDT)... THIS WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE PERMAIN BASIN. SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN THIS WATCH ARE ANDREWS... CRANE... DAWSON... ECTOR... GAINES... LOVING... MARTIN... MIDLAND ... REEVES.... UPTON... AND WARD. THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH AND WINDS EXCEEDING 58 MPH. 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 YOU INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 56 min |
| May 5, 4:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 5, 5:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 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.