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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 9, 1993Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1993, 6:20 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2427 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 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
2427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 092320
TORMAF
TXC371-100015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
620 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 620 PM CDT...MIDLAND RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FORT STOCKTON. MOVEMENT OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE EAST 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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL^ INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward65 min
Jun 9, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin64 min
Jun 9, 7:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson64 min
Jun 9, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden60 min
Jun 9, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin68 min
Jun 9, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin51 min
Jun 9, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland59 min
Jun 9, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson59 min
Jun 9, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin64 min
Jun 9, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin6 hr
Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin67 min
Jun 9, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland55 min
Jun 9, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor68 min
Jun 9, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews65 min
Jun 9, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland61 min
Jun 9, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland6 hr
Jun 9, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin65 min
Jun 9, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland68 min
Jun 9, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland68 min
Jun 9, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward58 min
Jun 9, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
Jun 9, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock65 min
Jun 9, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland59 min
Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton58 min
Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos61 min
Jun 9, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton58 min

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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.