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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1996Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1996, 11:53 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 25, 1996, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 12:40 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1996-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2089 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 1996-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
2089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
8.5

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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 25, 10:27 AM CDT, 13 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 10:27 AM CDT, 13 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1027 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

OBVIOUS THAT CHANGES ARE OCCURRING THIS MORNING WITH HIGH DEW POINTS
AND LOW CLOUDS.  STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW CONTINUES TO PUMP IN
MOISTURE...WOULD EXPECT AFTERNOON SURFACE DEW POINTS TO STAY IN MID
60S AT MAF FOR FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.  IMPRESSIVE PARAMETERS BOTH
DYNAMICALLY AND THERMODYNAMICALLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAPPING INVERSION SLIGHTLY STRENGTHENED IN PAST 24 HOURS AND WITHOUT
DYNAMIC SUPPORT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO BREAK WITH EXPECTED HIGH
TEMPS.  COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS AT ELP...BUT LITTLE ADVECTION OR
MOVEMENT OF THAT COOLER AIR THIS DIRECTION.  CUU BALLOON TOOK A
SIESTA...SO HARD TO TELL WHAT KIND OF 700 MB TEMPS WILL BE ADVECTING
INTO REGION.  SPEED MAX COMING INTO AREA ACROSS MEXICO SHOULD AID IN
LIFT AND MAYBE SLIGHT COOLING ALOFT.  THINKING THAT CAP WILL ONLY
DELAY THE ONSET OF STORMS AND WILL NOT PREVENT THEM ALL TtOGETHER.

MOISTURE PRESENTLY AS FAR WEST AS MRF...THINK THAT IT WILL STAY
PRETTY CLOSE TO MOUNTAINS...BUT WILL MIX OUT AT MRF.

CNM 93 10
MAF 89 20
MRF 90 10
P07 90 20

MATHEWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 8:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
104 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     1 E HALFWAY               NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/9    LEA

330 PM     12 S LOVINGTON            NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

335 PM     8 E HALFWAY               NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

345 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

438 PM     12 SW SEMINOLE            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

410 PM     HOBBS                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

445 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

540 PM     15 E HOBBS                TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

615 PM     LOOP                      TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

620 PM     6 W WELCH                 TX   66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

630 PM     3 W WELCH                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

641 PM     4 S WELCH                 TX   TORNADO
05/25/96   DAWSON

645 PM     2 N PUNKIN CENTER         TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

700 PM     10 N LAMESA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

740 PM     fLOVINGTON                 NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

755 PM     LOVINGTON                 NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA
Local storm report, May 25, 8:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
825 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     1 E HALFWAY               NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/9    LEA

330 PM     12 S LOVINGTON            NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

335 PM     8 E HALFWAY               NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

345 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

438 PM     12 SW SEMINOLE            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

410 PM     HOBBS                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

445 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

540 PM     15 E HOBBS                TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

615 PM     LOOP                      TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

620 PM     6 W WELCH                 TX   66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES
630 PM     3 W WELCH                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

641 PM     4 S WELCH                 TX   TORNADO
05/25/96   DAWSON

645 PM     2 N PUNKIN CENTER         TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

700 PM     10 N LAMESA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

740 PM     LOVINGTON    r             NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

755 PM     LOVINGTON                 NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA
Local storm report, May 25, 8:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
825 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     1 E HALFWAY               NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

330 PM     12 S LOVINGTON            NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

335 PM     8 E HALFWAY               NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

345 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

438 PM     12 SW SEMINOLE            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

410 PM     HOBBS                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

445 PM     HOBBS                     NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

540 PM     15 E HOBBS                TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   GAINES

600 PM     LOOP                      TX   50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

615 PM     LOOP                      TX   58 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES

620 PM     6 W WELCH                 TX   66 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/96   GAINES
630 PM     3 W WELCH                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

641 PM     4 S WELCH                 TX   TORNADO
05/25/96   DAWSON

645 PM     2 N PUNKIN CENTER         TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

700 PM     10 N LAMESA               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   DAWSON

740 PM     LOVINGTONv                 NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

755 PM     LOVINGTON                 NM   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/96   LEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden64 min
May 26, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines31 min
May 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea62 min
May 25, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea64 min
May 25, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea65 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.