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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 1998Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1998, 9:21 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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: May 25, 1998, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Borden County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 9:40 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Gail, TX	Although sparsely populated, most of the people of north-central Borden County were pounded by this HP Supercell south of the mesocyclone. Numerous reports of broken windows in houses and vehicles were received. Animals including one coyote and one deer were

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

228 
WFUS1 KMAF 260222 RRA
TORMAF
TXC033-260310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
921 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BORDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1010 PM CDT

* AT 919 PM CDT...MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF GAIL OR 9 MILES EAST OF THE MESQUITE
  COMMUNITY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS NORTH
  OF HIGHWAY 180.

GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

GPM/TJT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	46 min
May 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	46 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	32 min
May 25, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	47 min
May 25, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	64 min
May 25, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	63 min
May 25, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	65 min
May 25, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	51 min
May 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	65 min
May 26, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	48 min
May 26, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	47 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	66 min
May 26, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	48 min
May 26, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	63 min
May 26, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	48 min
May 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews	3 hr
May 26, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	61 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	66 min
May 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	51 min
May 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	63 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Winkler	64 min
May 26, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	65 min
May 26, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	51 min
May 26, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	61 min
May 26, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	61 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.