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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 5, 1995Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 11:18 AM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1995, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 766 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 051619
SVRMAF
TXC317-051715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1118 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 1115 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF
TARZAN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 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, May 5, 5:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 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, 6:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 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.
Special weather statement, May 5, 9:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-051445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
935 AM CDT (835 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
   NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...UNTIL NOON CDT (11 AM MDT)...

AT 925 AM CDT (825 AM MDT)...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTH OF
SONORA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NEAR HOBBS AND IN SOUTH ANDREWS
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MOVEMENT OF ALL
ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 5, 10:25 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-051645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1025 AM CDT (925 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
   NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...UNTIL NOON CDT (11 AM MDT)...

AT 1025 AM CDT (925 AM MDT)...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTH OF
OZONA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell69 min
May 4, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 4, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell49 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton61 min
May 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
May 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
May 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward62 min
May 5, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 5, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler64 min
May 5, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward63 min
May 5, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor66 min
May 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland49 min
May 5, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland54 min
May 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
May 5, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos61 min
May 5, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell40 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.