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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 1997Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1997, 5:56 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 11, 1997, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 11, 6:06 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Andrews, TX
Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDT	Hail 1	Andrews, TX
Jun 11, 6:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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: 1063 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 112258 RRA
TORMAF
TXC003-112345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
556 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS MOVING NORTHEAST
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...SEEK S2AFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.


HUBER/EARLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	48 min
Jun 11, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	50 min
Jun 11, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	51 min
Jun 11, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward	35 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	51 min
Jun 11, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	47 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Winkler	47 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Ector, Winkler	33 min
Jun 11, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	49 min
Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.