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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1995, 8:28 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1995, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Terrell, TX | Sheriff's office reported a brief tornado touchdown along U.S. Highway 90 east of Sanderson. Sixty mph winds were reported along State Highway 349 in the northeastern part of the county. A coop observer reported three-quarters-inch hail in Dryden. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 260128 TORMAF TXC443-260215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 828 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY AT 825 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES EAST OF SANDERSON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 25, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-252140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 336 PM CDT (236 PM MDT) THU MAY 25 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST ECTOR ...EAST CRANE...AND EAST PECOS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE TRANS-PECOS REGION MAINLY IN REEVES AND PECOS COUNTIES. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK IN BREWSTER COUNTY AND IN WESTERN PRESIDO COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| May 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.