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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 6, 1995Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1995, 10:47 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1995, 10:47 PM MDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1995, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1926 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 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 070447
TORMAF
NMC025-070550-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1147 PM CDT (1047 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1250 AM CDT (1150 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
CAPROCK NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF THIS TORNADO WAS NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. THE COMMUNITY OF CAPROCK IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF
THIS STORM. RESIDENTS OF CAPROCK SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER RA 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.

JACKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 6, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves62 min
May 6, 10:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves58 min
May 7, 12:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves, De Baca64 min
May 7, 1:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFChaves, De Baca27 min

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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.