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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 1997Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1997, 8:05 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
May 7, 1997, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1997, 8:35 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1418 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 080106 RRA
TORMAF
TXC043-080135-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
805 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 835 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
 
AT 802 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER
RADAR 36 MILES WEST OF SANDERSON OR 17 MILES EAST OF MARATHON
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.
THIS TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN MARATHON
AND SANDERSON...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...BY 830 PM CDT.

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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

FAGEN/TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews48 min
May 7, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor33 min
May 7, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos34 min
May 7, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster33 min
May 8, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster50 min
May 8, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines49 min
May 8, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Winkler47 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.