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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 10, 1995Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1995, 8:03 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Glasscock County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1995-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3491 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 110103
TORMAF
TXC173-110130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
803 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 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
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 802 PM CDT... PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
OF GARDEN CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 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 LOWESTF 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 10, 2:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-102045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
242 PM CDT (142 PM MDT) SAT JUN 10 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE NORTHERN
   PERMIAN BASIN...

AT 240 PM CDT (140 PM CDT)...NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURING ACROSS
THE PERMAIN BASIN.  CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND
AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ANDREWS...BORDEN
DAWSON...GAINES...HOWARD AND MARTIN COUNTIES.  BE PREPARED TO
GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-102100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
259 PM CDT (159 PM MDT) SAT JUN 10 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN
   UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 250 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS
OF TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF LUBBOCK. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF HALE CENTER. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF BALMORHEA IN JEFF
DAVIS COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED.

ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAD NOT YET DEVELOPED OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN
AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE EXISTS AND STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL OR TO BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER
EYE ON THE SKY.

THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING.  YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-102145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
341 PM CDT (241 PM MDT) SAT JUN 10 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN
   UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 325 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BALMORHEA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES
AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...AN AREA WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER PARTS
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...WEST THOUGH EAST OF LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock59 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
Jun 10, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward68 min
Jun 10, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving44 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.