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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 1997Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1997, 6:57 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1997, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Andrews County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Andrews, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.9

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The text

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

375 
WFUS1 KMAF 282358 RRA
TORMAF
TXC003-290045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
657 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY
 
AT 655 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FRANKEL CITY MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS...
AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 128 ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 128/115
JUNCTION BY 710 PM.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STURDY
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

TAH/RRF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	45 min
May 28, 3:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis	62 min
May 28, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis	62 min
May 28, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	65 min
May 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	64 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	45 min
May 28, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	47 min
May 28, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Ector	47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.