Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1995, 3:23 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1995, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 1536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 232023 SVRMAF TXC135-329-232130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 323 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST TEXAS ...EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...MIDLAND COUNTY AT 322 PM CDT...DOWNBURSTS WERE SITED IN THE VICINITY OF THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THESE DOWNBURSTS MAY RESULT IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN 0INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 23, 11:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-240500- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1139 AM CDT (1039 AM MDT) TUE MAY 23 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS DAWSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN REEVES WARD BORDEN ECTOR HOWARD MIDLAND TERRELL WINKLER CRANE GAINES LOVING PECOS UPTON AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: A DRYLINE STRETCHING FROM AROUND TATUM NEW MEXICO TO ALPINE TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TO NEAR A LUBBOCK TO MIDLAND TO SANDERSON LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ENTER WEST TEXAS RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG THE DRYLINE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERIC WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THROUGH THE DAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-240500- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1139 AM CDT (1039 AM MDT) TUE MAY 23 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS DAWSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN REEVES WARD BORDEN ECTOR HOWARD MIDLAND TERRELL WINKLER CRANE GAINES LOVING PECOS UPTON AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: A DRYLINE STRETCHING FROM AROUND TATUM NEW MEXICO TO ALPINE TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TO NEAR A LUBBOCK TO MIDLAND TO SANDERSON LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ENTER WEST TEXAS RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG THE DRYLINE BY EAR$LY EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THROUGH THE DAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. JACKSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-231950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 144 PM CDT (1244 PM MDT) TUE MAY 23 1995 AT 125 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL INDICATED WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OF SARAGOSA. RAINSHOWERS WERE INCREASING IN AREAL EXTENT OVER WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEW MEXICO. MOST OF THE RAINFALL WAS TOO LIGHT TO REACH THE GROUND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:49 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TXZ027>043-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 249 PM CDT (149 PM MDT) TUE MAY 23 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS... PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD... MARTIN...MIDLAND...PECOS...TERRELL...UPTON SOME OF THE TOWNS AND CITIES INCLUDED ARE: SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL..ANDREWS...LENORAH...BIG SPRING... ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...CRANE...RANKIN...BAKERSFIELD... AND SANDERSON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 23, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 59 min |
| May 23, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 23, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 59 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.