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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 29, 1999Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1922 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
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

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The text

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

999 
WFUS1 KMAF 300218 RRA
TORMAF
TXC389-300300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
915 PM CDT THU APR 29 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ORLA...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF MENTONE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF ORLA AT 1000 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 3183 10404 3161 10405 3163 10381 3180 10382
          3193 10393

70

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 29, 9:05 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 9:05 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
905 PM CDT THU APR 29 1999

BECAUSE OF SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS...THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
WILL NOT BE ISSUED. ONGOING FORECAST WILL DO...70.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson40 min
Apr 29, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves38 min
Apr 29, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving, Reeves45 min
Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson62 min
Apr 29, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson48 min
Apr 29, 9:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward3 hr
Apr 29, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves26 min
Apr 30, 11:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving25 min
Apr 30, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves46 min
Apr 30, 12:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr
Apr 30, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving18 min
Apr 30, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min
Apr 30, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos42 min
Apr 30, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster37 min
Apr 30, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving26 min
Apr 30, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell47 min
Apr 30, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines31 min
Apr 30, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving3 hr
Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines43 min
Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving45 min
Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines33 min
Apr 30, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 min
Apr 30, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving44 min
Apr 30, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines50 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.