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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 15, 1996Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1996, 4:06 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 15, 1996, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1996, 4:40 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 1996-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 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 1996-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 152108
TORMAF
TXC243-377-152140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
406 PM CDT MON JUL 15 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 440 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
   ...NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY
 
AT 404 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE VICINITY OF MARFA MOVING NORTH AT 5
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... MARFA.

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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

$$

TURNAGE
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio4 hr
Jul 14, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Jul 15, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

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.