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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1995Terrell County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 8:50 PM CDTTornado F1Terrell, TXSheriff'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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1606 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector55 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

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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.