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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 18, 1993Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1993, 5:39 AM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1993, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1993, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Upton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 00:00Z on 1993-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 588 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 00:00Z on 1993-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 181039
TORMAF
TXC461-181115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
539 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY
 
AT 538 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH
OF MCCAMEY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT 30 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines55 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.