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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 24, 1995Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 1995, 11:05 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 1995, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 1995-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 250405
TORMAF
TXC003-250430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1105 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY
 
AT 1103 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 385 BY 1125 PM CDT.
 
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 LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines46 min
Sep 24, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews49 min
Sep 24, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor40 min
Sep 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews30 min
Sep 24, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland52 min
Sep 25, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock52 min
Sep 25, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.