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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1995Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 5:44 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
31 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, 10.7 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 042245
TORMAF
TXC165-042315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
544 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY
 
AT 544 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MILES ON
HIGHWAY 83... MIDWAY BETWEEN LOOP AND ASHMORE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT LESS
THAN 10 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, Jun 4, 12:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 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, 4 hours 9 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, 3 hours 17 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.

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, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines32 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, 5:55 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.