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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1991, 9:55 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 13, 1991, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1991, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ector County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ector, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 140256 TORMAF TXC135-140400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 955 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTY AT 954 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR PLEASANT FARMS...WHICH IS 15 MILES SOUTH OF ODESSA. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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, May 13, 5:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-132251- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 451 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 432 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MIDLAND AND LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHERx RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-132251- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 451 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 432 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MIDLAND AND LUBBOCK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATEST DETAILS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-132350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 550 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 528 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. A SKYWARN SPOTTER IN ALPINE REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND RAIN DURING THE LAST HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-140050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 642 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INCLUDING THE PERMIAN BASIN... AT 625 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ACKERLY AND NORTHEAST OF LAMESA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NEW MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED NEAR PLEASANT FARMS SOUTH OF ODESSA AND IN NORTHEAST ODESSA. A RAINFALL OBSERVER REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS IN GREENWOOD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 69 min |
| May 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 13, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 69 min |
| May 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.