Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 5:38 PM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winkler County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Kermit, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 152238 SVRMAF TXC495-152345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 538 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHERN WINKLER COUNTY AT 536 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERMIT. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL \THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 15, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-160340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 535 PM CDT (435 PM MDT) MON MAY 15 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN TEXAS AND EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT)... AT 533 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF JAL IN SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY...NEAR LOVINGTON AND NORTH OF TATUM NEW MEXICO AND PLAINS TEXAS ON THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM CULBERSON COUNTY TEXAS TO EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES OF NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS NORTH OF PLAINS AND LITTLEFIELD. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY ALERT FVOR RAPIDLY CHANGING LOCAL WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 60 min |
| May 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 15, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.