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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1991, 6:52 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1991, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1991, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gaines County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 232352 TORMAF TXC165-240045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 652 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST TEXAS ...GAINES COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-232145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 333 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 325 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO TO NORTHWEST THROUGH EAST OF FORT DAVIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCLREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-232345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 541 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 527 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR NEEDMORE...TO SOUTHWEST OF MARFA AND TO NEAR CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AR^E EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-240045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 634 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... AT 625 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR NEEDMORE...TO NORTHEAST OF MARFA AND TO SOUTHEAST OF WHITES CITY NEW MEXICO. THESE THUNDpERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 46 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.