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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 1995Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1995, 5:29 PM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1995, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ward County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 978 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 262230
TORMAF
TXC475-262330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
529 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN WARD COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF MONOHANS. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.
 
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.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell47 min
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, 5:50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.