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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 1995Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 1:49 AM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 070649
TORMAF
TXC033-070715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
149 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN BORDEN COUNTY
 
AT 148 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ODONNELL. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
TOWN OF BERRY FLATS WITHIN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines64 min
May 7, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews41 min
May 7, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin44 min
May 7, 1:08 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson52 min
May 7, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland48 min
May 7, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden44 min
May 7, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward57 min
May 7, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock31 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.