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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 11, 1994Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1994, 1:20 AM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1994, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1994, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Howard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1994-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 1994-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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

Local storm report, May 10, 11:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1129 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1994

...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OCCURRING ON MAY 10, 1994...

TIME                          COUNTY           EVENT

0411 AM CDT                   WINKLER          SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4 INCH
                              TXC495           HAIL NE OF KERMIT FOR
                                               5 MINUTES.

0420 AM CDT                   WINKLER          SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
                              TXC495           3/4 INCH HAIL.

500 PM CDT                    HOWARD
                              TXC227           WIND DAMAGE TO SMALL
                                               BUILDING REPORTED BY
                                               SKYWARN SPOTTER.

910 PM CDT                       LEA                 JAL POLICE REPORTED
                                 NMC025              3/4 INCH HAIL 10
                                                     MILES SOUTHWEST OF
                                                     JAL.

921 PM CDT                       LEA                 JAL POLICE REPORTED
                                 NM025               3/4 INCH TO 13/4
                                                     INCH HAIL 10 MILES
                                                     SOUTHWEST OF JAL.

2247 PM CDT                      ANDREWS             SHERIFF'S OFFICE
                     "            TXC003              REPORTED 13/4 INCH
                                                     HAIL HW 181 AND 115
                                                     INTERSECTION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves45 min
May 10, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler66 min
May 10, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor62 min
May 10, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews55 min
May 11, 12:05 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin, Midland40 min
May 11, 12:42 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin48 min
May 11, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward61 min
May 11, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
May 11, 3:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
May 11, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward91 min
May 11, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward46 min
May 11, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor68 min
May 11, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min
May 11, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland70 min
May 11, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward62 min
May 11, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland115 min
May 11, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin65 min
May 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler69 min
May 11, 6:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane2 hr

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.