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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 3, 1995Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
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, 4.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 040401
TORMAF
TXC227-040600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1100 PM CDT MON APR 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
AT 1055 PM CDT...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN
THE CITY OF BIG SPRING. A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1130 PM CDT. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	67 min
Apr 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	63 min
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	44 min
Apr 3, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	64 min
Apr 3, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Martin	58 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	62 min
Apr 3, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	65 min
Apr 3, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	69 min
Apr 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard	45 min
Apr 3, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard	2 hr
Apr 3, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	69 min
Apr 3, 11:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	44 min
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard	2 hr
Apr 4, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	55 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.