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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 1997Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1997, 4:39 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 8, 1997, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1997, 5:25 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Reagan County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1285 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 082140 RRA
TORMAF
TXC383-082225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
439 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 525 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY
 
AT 437 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS... BUT
SHOULD CROSS HIGHWAY 33 NORTH OF BIG LAKE BY 450 PM CDT.

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.


TJT/RSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson47 min
Jun 7, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis47 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson46 min
Jun 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson46 min
Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson49 min
Jun 7, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson49 min
Jun 7, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves50 min
Jun 7, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson36 min
Jun 7, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson49 min
Jun 8, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
Jun 8, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos35 min
Jun 8, 9:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Jun 8, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock33 min
Jun 8, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
Jun 8, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan49 min
Jun 8, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton30 min
Jun 8, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler49 min
Jun 8, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
Jun 8, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Winkler47 min
Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin3 hr
Jun 8, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos47 min
Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward50 min
Jun 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos32 min
Jun 8, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Jun 8, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Jun 8, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane46 min
Jun 8, 2:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward, Scurry3 hr
Jun 8, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland50 min
Jun 8, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell47 min
Jun 8, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane45 min
Jun 8, 3:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr
Jun 8, 4:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr
Jun 8, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton3 hr
Jun 8, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell32 min
Jun 8, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos48 min
Jun 8, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton49 min
Jun 8, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 8, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan47 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Jun 8, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan2 hr
Jun 8, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFScurry2 hr
Jun 8, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell47 min
Jun 8, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell47 min
Jun 8, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster31 min
Jun 8, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
Jun 8, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos46 min
Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell46 min

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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.