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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 2, 1995Culberson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 1995, 2:57 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1995, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Culberson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 1995-10-02Temperature 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 1995-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KELP 022009 COR
TORELP
TXC109-022045-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
157 PM MDT (257 PM CDT) MON OCT 2 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM MDT (345 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF VAN HORN TEXAS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25
MILES PER 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 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
Oct 2, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving45 min
Oct 2, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving29 min
Oct 2, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Winkler29 min
Oct 2, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler34 min
Oct 2, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor44 min
Oct 2, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves67 min
Oct 2, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves68 min
Oct 2, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves40 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.