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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Midland County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 262359 SVRMAF TXC329-270030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 659 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...EASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY AT 658 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS OF 60 MPH WINDS IN GREENWOOD. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. 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 LOWES2T 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 46 min |
| May 26, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 59 min |
| May 26, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 56 min |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 59 min |
| May 26, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 min |
| May 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 55 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 57 min |
| May 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 41 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 61 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 55 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 60 min |
| May 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 64 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.