Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 1:33 AM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 1:33 AM MDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1995, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 KABQ 070736 SVRROW NMC005-011-070800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROSWELL NM ISSUED BY ALBUQUERQUE NM 133 AM MDT SUN MAY 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY AT 130 AM MDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CLOVIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOESN WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 6, 8:33 PM MDT, 5 hours before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070340- 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.
Special weather statement, May 6, 10:33 PM MDT, 3 hours before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070540- 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, May 6, 11:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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 EDDYSpecial weather statement, May 6, 11:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070640- 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
Special weather statement, May 7, 1:30 AM MDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 229 AM CDT (129 AM 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 225 AM CDT (125 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF POST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH INDICATES THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 6, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 62 min |
| May 6, 10:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves | 58 min |
| May 6, 10:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 43 min |
| May 7, 12:26 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Chaves, De Baca | 64 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.