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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1995Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Borden County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 050000
TORMAF
TXC033-050100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
659 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN BORDEN COUNTY
 
AT 656 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER
RADAR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAIL OR 1 MILE SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PLAINS
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF MESQUITE
AND PLAINS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

TURNAGE

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, 5:44 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

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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.