Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1996, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 4:33 AM CDT, 16 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:33 AM CDT, 16 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 430 AM CDT THU MAY 30 1996 CONVECTION HAS ENDED ATTM ACR FA WITH QSTNRY FNT EXTENDING NR SJT- MAF-ROW LN. LOW LVL ELY/SELY FLOW PREVALENT ACR FA WITH DRYLINE ALG E SLOPES CNTRL NM MTN CHAIN. SHRTWV EVIDENT IN WTR VAPOR IMAGERY MOVG NE ACR SERN NM/FAR W TX ENHANCING CNVTN OVR TX S PLAINS/PNHDL. ABUNDANT LOW LVL MSTR TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACR FA TODAY AS GENLY SELY FLOW CONTS. BLV NCEP DEPICTION OF OLD FNTL BNDRY POSITION REASONABLE FOR TDA/EVE AS SFC HI MOVS E ACR GREAT LAKES REGION. THUS WITH BNDRY XPCD TO BE N OF AREA AND DRYLINE FCST TO MOV SLGTLY EWD...BELIEVE CNVTN TO DVLP LATER THIS AFTN INVOF OF FNT AND NR MTN AREAS DUE TO OROGRAPHICS/DRYLINE POSITION. ANY TSTMS THAT OCCUR COULD AGAIN BE SVR AS PER SPC OUTLOOK. CHC POPS WARRANTED THOSE AREAS WITH SLGT CHC MENTION ELSW. AS PER COORD WITH LBB...WITH MDT LOW LVL SELY FLOW..THETA-E RIDGE AXIS..INSTABILITY AXIS (E.G. MINUS 4-8 LI/S) EXTENDING N-S ACR AREA...BELIEVE BETTER CHC PCPN TNGT WITH APCH OF NXT SPEED MAX AND ASSOCD DIFF VORT ADV IN H5-H3 LAYER AS INDCD IN GRIDDED DATA. TEMPS TODAY NOT QUITE AS WRM AS WED AS LOW LVL CAA EXPECTED. SLGT CHC TSTMS AGAIN FRI AS DRYLI,NE MOVS E IN RESPONSE TO LONGWAVE TROF MOVG ACR NRN U.S. PLAINS. BF MAF 90/2 CNM 94/2 MRF 90/1 P07 92/2
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-310310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 408 PM CDT (308 PM MDT) THU MAY 30 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 503 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... CULBERSON...REEVES...JEFF DAVIS...BREWSTER...PECOS...TERRELL... LOVING...WARD...WINKLER...CRANE...UPTON...ECTOR...MIDLAND...ANDREWS AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... LEA...EDDY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTIES... MARTIN...DAWSON...BORDEN...HOWARD...SCURRY TORNADOES....LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-310310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 408 PM CDT (308 PM MDT) THU MAY 30 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 503 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... CULBERSON...REEVES...JEFF DAVIS...BREWSTER...PECOS...TERRELL... LOVING...WARD...WINKLER...CRANE...UPTON...ECTOR...MIDLAND...ANDREWS AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... LEA...EDDY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTIES... MARTIN...DAWSON...BORDEN...HOWARD...SCURRY...MITCHELL TORNADOES....LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-310130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 723 PM CDT (623 PM MDT) THU MAY 30 1996 THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF COUNTIES IN WATCHES IN THE AREA : WITHIN TORNADO WATCH #503 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) : TEXAS COUNTIES GAINES ANDREWS CULBERSON REEVES LOVING WINKLER ECTOR MIDLAND WARD CRANE JEFF DAVIS BREWSTER NEW MEXICO COUNTIES EDDY LEA IN TORNADO WATCH #506 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT : GLASSCOCK UPTON REAGAN PECOS TERRELL TORNADO WATCH #499 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...THESE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN A TORNADO WA(TCH : DAWSON BORDEN SCURRY MARTIN HOWARD
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:36 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-310210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 836 PM CDT (736 PM MDT) THU MAY 30 1996 THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF COUNTIES IN WATCHES IN THE AREA : WITHIN TORNADO WATCH #503 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT) : TEXAS COUNTIES GAINES ANDREWS REEVES LOVING WINKLER ECTOR MIDLAND WARD CRANE NEW MEXICO COUNTIES EDDY LEA IN TORNADO WATCH #506 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT : GLASSCOCK UPTON REAGAN PECOS TERRELL THESE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN A TORNADO WATCH : DAWSON BORDEN SCURRY MARTIN HOWARD BREWSTER CULBERSON PRESIDIO JEFF DAVIS STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 32 min |
| May 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 59 min |
| May 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 59 min |
| May 30, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 32 min |
| May 30, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 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.