Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 6:48 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1996, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1996, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 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 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Gail, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 5, 2:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 219 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 1996 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM S HOB-N MAF-S SPS WITH A WEAK LOW BETWEEN INK AND MAF. APPEA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 50 min |
| May 5, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 59 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.