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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 5, 1991Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1991, 5:33 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1991, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1991, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Ector County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 1991-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2826 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 1991-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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 052233
TORMAF
TXC135-052330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
533 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...ECTOR COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT...A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS RECEIVED 10
MILES WEST OF ODESSA.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ECTOR COUNTY.
 
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 SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 min
Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves60 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves56 min
Jun 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Ward69 min
Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler57 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos61 min
Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews55 min
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor68 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 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.