Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 4:09 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1995, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaines County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 3765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 042110 TORMAF TXC165-042145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 409 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY AT 408 PM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF LOOP AND GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN LOOP. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AROUND LOOP SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. 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 THE2 CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. &
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, Jun 4, 10:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1034 AM CDT (934 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 1032 AM CDT (932 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-050500- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1129 AM CDT (1029 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS: ANDREWS DAWSON GLASSCOCK MARTIN REEVES WARD BORDEN ECTOR HOWARD MIDLAND TERRELL WINKLER CRANE GAINES LOVING PECOS UPTON AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO: EDDY LEA SYNOPSIS: THIS MORNING...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED FROM THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH JAL NEW MEXICO TO JUST EAST OF MARFA. DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS IN PLACE TO THE EAST OF THE TROUGH. STRONG HEATING COMBINED WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL RESULT IN EXTREME INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF THE TROUGH. A DRYLINE WILL SET UP ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO BEGINS TO PROVIDE THE LIFT REQUIRED TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME INSTABILITY AND A FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR SUGGESTS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE THREAT AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE THAT PART OF WEST TEXAS EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO BORDER AND FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO TO JUST EAST OF MARFA. WITHIN THIS AREA...A MODERATE RISK EXISTS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A GARDEN CITY TO WINK LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041755- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1137 AM CDT (1037 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 1135 AM CDT (1035 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF WHITEFACE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DICKENS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. JACKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 1247 PM CDT (1147 AM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 1235 PM CDT (1135 AM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF WHITEFACE. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITEFACE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-041935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 134 PM CDT (1234 PM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT (1230 PM MDT)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-042030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 226 PM CDT (126 PM MDT) SUN JUN 4 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT (125 PM MDT)...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HOBBS IN EXTREME EASTERN GAINES COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED FROM PLAINVIEW TO 6 MILES EAST OF HOBBS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 61 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.