Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1995, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMAF 040057 RRA SVRMAF TXC227-040200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 757 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...HOWARD COUNTY AT 750 PM CDT...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN BIG SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. &
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, Apr 3, 5:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NMZ028-029-032335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 443 PM CST (443 PM MDT) MON APR 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 427 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKEWOOD IN EDDY COUNTY. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO NEAR ONE MILE IN BLOWING DUST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. PATCHY BLOWING DUST WHICH CAN REDUCE VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NMZ028-029-032340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 607 PM CDT (507 PM MDT) MON APR 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 500 PM MDT... A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... AND VERY STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING EAST INTO NORTHWEST LEA COUNTY WEST OF TATUM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF ROSWELL TO BETWEEN CARLSBAD AND EUNICE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MALJAMAR AND CARLSBAD. ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING... AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORMY SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 642 PM CDT (542 PM MDT) MON APR 3 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM ROLLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF WEST TEXAS... AT 630 PM CDT (530 MDT)... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF TATUM... JUST SOUTHEAST OF MALJAMAR... AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF HOBBS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE WIDLEY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PERMAIN BASIN... MAINLY BETWEEN GAIL AND BIG SPRING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN FORT STOCKTON... MARATHON... AND SANDERSON. ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY .
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 69 min |
| Apr 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 69 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.