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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 4, 1995Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 7:10 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Dawson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
3212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 050011
TORMAF
TXC115-050115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
710 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 707 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8
MILES WEST OF LAMESA NEAR HIGHWAY 180. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND AROUND LAMESA 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 THE CAR AND GO TO AT STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin46 min
Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden67 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews30 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin49 min
Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews51 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin52 min
Jun 4, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews66 min
Jun 4, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews50 min
Jun 4, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews50 min
Jun 4, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos47 min
Jun 4, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson30 min
Jun 4, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson41 min
Jun 5, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden69 min
Jun 5, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton60 min
Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
Jun 5, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton46 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.