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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 1997Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1997, 6:09 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1997, 6:40 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1879 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 082311 RRA
TORMAF
TXC043-082340-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
 
AT 606 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 37 MILES EAST OF ALPINE OR 11 MILES EAST OF MARATHON
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

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.4..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.



HUBER/TURNAGE

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, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan46 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, 6:30 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.