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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 1993Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1993, 3:48 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1993, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Crane County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1993-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 968 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1993-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 072049
TORMAF
TXC103-072145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
348 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN CRANE COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM CDT HAM RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN AND NEAR
CRANE TEXAS.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane68 min
May 7, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton61 min
May 7, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton64 min
May 7, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr
May 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton60 min
May 7, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos65 min
May 7, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton62 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.