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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 2, 1995Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 1995, 3:35 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1995, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1690 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
1690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 022036
TORMAF
TXC389-022115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
335 PM CDT MON OCT 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN REEVES COUNTY
 
AT 335 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KENT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR
AND SHOULD CROSS THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATES 10 AND 20 BY 400 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 SHpELTER 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, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson48 min
Oct 2, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves67 min
Oct 2, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves68 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.