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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 1996Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1996, 8:22 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1996, 8:22 PM MDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 9:10 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 839 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 030222
TORMAF
NMC025-030310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
922 PM CDT (822 PM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM MDT (1010 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
3 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSROADS OR IN THE VICINITY OF GLADIOLA MOVING
SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... GLADIOLA...BRONCO
AND MCDONALD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY 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.

$$

TURNAGE/MEAD

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.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
823 PM CDT (723 PM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1996

SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING ATTM. SLOW MOVING CELLS OVER CRANE...REAGAN
AND UPTON COUNTIES CAUSING FLASH FLOOD THREAT THIS EVENING. OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY INTERACTION IN THE WEAK WIND FIELDS OVER FA KEEPING
SCATTERED STRONG/SVR STORMS GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL
STORMS MOVING S-WARD FROM NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND YOAKUM COUNTIES
EXPECTED TO IMPACT FvA NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS. STATIONARY FRONY DRAPED
ACROSS W-TX NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH NEXT 24 HRS SO REPEAT
PERFORMANCE OF STORM ACTIVITY POSSIBLE FOR TOMORROW WITH MOISTURE IN
PLACE AND COOL TEMPS ALOFT.

PENDERGRAST

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-030025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
652 PM CDT (552 PM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1996

HERE IS AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE WATCHES IN EFFECT IN WEST TEXAS :

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#524 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT :

GLASSCOCK     REAGAN

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#528 IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT :

GAINES        DAWSON
BORDEN        SCURRY
MARTIN        HOWARD
MITCHELL

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea50 min
Jun 2, 7:35 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea50 min
Jun 2, 9:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea60 min
Jun 2, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea48 min
Jun 2, 10:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea65 min
Jun 2, 11:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea59 min
Jun 3, 12:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min
Jun 3, 1:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.