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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 1995Crane County, Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 5:50 PM CDT for Crane County, Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1995, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 978 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
978 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 262253
SVRMAF
TXC103-135-262345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
550 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF MONAHANS AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF NOTREES.  THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EMBEDDED IN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANDREWS COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR EASTERN WARD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM 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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING....AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell47 min
May 25, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell46 min
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock59 min
May 26, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving56 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 min
May 26, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves56 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves55 min
May 26, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector57 min
May 26, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard41 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWard61 min
May 26, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 26, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min
May 26, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Upton58 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock64 min
May 26, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland31 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.