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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 16, 1995Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 11:38 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 11:38 PM MDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 12:25 AM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2420 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 170538
SVRMAF
NMC025-170625-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1238 AM CDT (1138 PM MDT) WED MAY 17 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 125 AM CDT (1225 AM MDT) FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 1140 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS FORMING OVER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HOBBS. IT
IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTIRON MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

BOYD

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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.