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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 17, 1995Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 1:41 AM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 1:41 AM CDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Gaines County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 170641
SVRMAF
TXC165-170745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
141 AM CDT WED MAY 17 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT (145 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...GAINES COUNTY
 
AT 140 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED ON THE LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO/GAINES COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT OF
THIS LINE WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME
SIZED HAIL JUST NORTH OF HOBBS AT 136 AM CDT.

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.

BOYD
 

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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 17, 1:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-170745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
141 AM CDT (1241 AM MDT) WED MAY 17 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEA COUNTY OF NEW MEXICO HAS
EXPIRED...

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...

AT 125 AM CDT (1225 AM MDT) VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEAR HOBBS NEW MEXICO TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNFIELD TEXAS TO
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TEXAS.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST OF
CRANE TO NEAR EDEN.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PERMIAN BASIN SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION
TO PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
IN WEATHER INFORMATION.

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.