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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 15, 1995Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 11:03 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 11:35 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Glasscock County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1536 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 160403
TORMAF
TXC173-160500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1103 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 1103 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
GARDEN CITY ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF FM 33 MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM WILL CROSS FM 33 ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY BY
1110 PM CDT.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Winkler64 min
May 15, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor, Winkler58 min
May 15, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard, Winkler67 min
May 15, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector63 min
May 15, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane68 min
May 15, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton75 min
May 15, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton63 min
May 16, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler69 min

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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.