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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 3, 1995Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
45 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, 3.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 1995-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 040345
TORMAF
TXC227-040430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1045 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
AT 1042 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF
BIG SPRING. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS AROUND BIG SPRING SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines67 min
Apr 3, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward63 min
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson44 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson64 min
Apr 3, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Martin58 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin62 min
Apr 3, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward65 min
Apr 3, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward69 min
Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 3, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard69 min
Apr 3, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard44 min
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward55 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.