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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 1997Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1997, 7:18 PM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 28, 1997, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1997, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Winkler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1997-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 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 1997-05-29The 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
884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

530 
WFUS1 KMAF 290019 RRA
TORMAF
TXC495-290105-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 805 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTY
 
AT 716 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER
RADAR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINK OR 12 MILES EAST OF MAGWALT MOVING
SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

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/MDW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor47 min
May 28, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews32 min
May 28, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler46 min
May 28, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines51 min
May 28, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor50 min
May 28, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward47 min
May 28, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews65 min
May 28, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
May 28, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane49 min
May 29, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis46 min
May 29, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 29, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos47 min
May 29, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves65 min
May 29, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves61 min
May 29, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving64 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.