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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 1997Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1997, 10:23 PM CDT for Terrell 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
Jun 11, 1997, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1997, 11:10 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2097 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 120325 RRA
TORMAF
TXC443-120410-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1023 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1110 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 1020 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 16 MILES WEST OF SANDERSON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO STAY SOUTH OF HWY 90 AND
PASS WEST THEN SOUTH OF SANDERSON. THE STORM ALSO LIKELY CONTAINS
LARGE HAIL.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

EARLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos48 min
Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews48 min
Jun 11, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines51 min
Jun 11, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson49 min
Jun 11, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden47 min
Jun 11, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland51 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Jun 11, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor50 min
Jun 11, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Jun 11, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton34 min
Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos51 min
Jun 11, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos34 min
Jun 11, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos51 min
Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell47 min
Jun 12, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell50 min
Jun 12, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves41 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.