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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT for Loving County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Orla, TX | Right-split of a cell that developed in northeastern Culberson County. This storm moved very little over a 2 hour period, while its pair moved quickly north into Eddy County, NM. This storm showed very strong rotation on doppler radar. The hail sampling was |
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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KMAF 300132 RRA TORMAF TXC301-389-300215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 830 PM CDT THU APR 29 1999 THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LOVING COUNTY IN TEXAS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF ORLA...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF MENTONE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OVER ORLA AT 850 PM CDT 6 MILES SOUTH OF RED BLUFF AT 855 PM CDT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RED BLUFF LAKE AT 905 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3192 10404 3169 10405 3174 10362 3198 10368 70
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 12:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 18 min |
| Apr 30, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Loving | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.