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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1995Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 4:43 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
32 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, 9.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3765 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 042144
TORMAF
TXC165-042215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
443 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY
 
AT 445 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO JUST
EAST OF LOOP NEAR HIGHWAY 83. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.   PERSONS IN AND AROUND LOOP AND ASHMORE SHOULD TAKE COVER.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews48 min
Jun 4, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines61 min
Jun 4, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews62 min
Jun 4, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines51 min
Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines36 min
Jun 4, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson56 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines32 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines28 min
Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson65 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson28 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin55 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines31 min
Jun 4, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson35 min
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson58 min
Jun 4, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin66 min
Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews43 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.