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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 1, 1995Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1995, 8:02 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 73 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1995, 8:02 PM MDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1995, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 8:19 PM MDTTornado F0Aresia, NMA supercell thunderstorm with a well-defined wall cloud produced at least two brief tornadoes. Two barns lost their roofs due to strong winds. Numerous funnel clouds were also reported. Reports came from a SKYWARN Spotter.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 1995-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 1995-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 020204
TORMAF
NMC015-020315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
902 PM CDT (802 PM MDT) SAT JUL 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT (915 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN EDDY COUNTY
 
AT 858 CDT (758 MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND A
SPOTTER INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTESIA MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 INTrERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.