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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 7:24 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1995, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1995, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 050025 TORMAF TXC317-050130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 724 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TEXAS ...MARTIN COUNTY AT 722 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARZAN. MOVMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN TARZAN AND LENORAH SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY ~FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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, 1:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 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, 4 hours 57 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, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 69 min |
| Jun 5, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 46 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.