Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
743 PM CDT (643 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF WEST TEXAS TO INCLUDE
THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 2 AM CDT (1 AM MDT)
SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 725 PM CDT ( 625 PM MDT)...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE
PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH SOUTHERN PLAINS. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE IN GAINES COUNTY. MOVEMENT HAD NOT BEEN
DETERMINED.

THERE WERE SEVERAL ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS FROM SOUTHWEST OF MONAHANS
TO NEAR MARATHON. NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED.

CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS IN THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE
ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SHELTER SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
933 PM CDT (833 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT (100 AM MDT)
FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 927 PM CDT (827 PM MDT)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA
FROM BROWNFIELD TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFIELD.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNFIELD.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR PENWELL...TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW AND TO NEAR FORT DAVIS.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANDFALLS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1133 PM CDT (1033 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 700 AM CDT (600 AM MDT) SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 1125 PM CDT (1025 PM MDT)...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA
FROM NEAR FORT STOCKTON...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSWELL NEW
MEXICO...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NEEDMORE AND TO NEAR ODESSA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ODESSA AND 22 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ROSWELL NEW MEXICO.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 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.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1225 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    SEAGRAVES              TX      1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/95   GAINES

0900 PM    ARTESIA                NM      1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/95   EDDY

1004 PM    NE ARTESIA             NM      .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/95   EDDY

1010 PM    DOWNTOWN ARTESIA       NM      .75 TO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/95   EDDY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1235 AM CDT (1135 PM MDT) SUN MAY 7 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
   WEST TEXAS UNTIL 7 AM CDT (6 AM MDT)...

AT 1225 AM CDT (1125 PM MDT)...RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRETCHING FROM 5 MILES
WEST OF LOVINGTON NEW MEXICO TO MORTON TEXAS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF MIDLAND. THUNDERSTORMS
ALSO EXTENDED FROM GOLDSMITH TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF PENWELL. MOVEMENT
OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.
BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING.  YOU SHOULD KNOW WH<ERE THE
SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.

JACKSON