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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 22, 2000Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2000, 1:09 AM CST for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 22, 2000, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2000, 1:45 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 21, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2000-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 220713
TORMAF
TXC495-220745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
109 AM CST WED MAR 22 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 106 AM CST...A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF 
  KERMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
  REPORTED DAMAGE IN WICKETT AT 110 AM CST.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3181 10299 3173 10282 3204 10281 3202 10292

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry51 min
Mar 21, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFScurry42 min
Mar 21, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry31 min
Mar 21, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines67 min
Mar 22, 12:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard, Winkler65 min
Mar 22, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFWard, Winkler54 min
Mar 22, 12:38 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFAndrews37 min
Mar 22, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFEctor44 min
Mar 22, 12:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines2 hr
Mar 22, 12:54 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines36 min
Mar 22, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton65 min
Mar 22, 1:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFEctor55 min
Mar 22, 1:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 min
Mar 22, 1:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines2 hr
Mar 22, 2:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector52 min
Mar 22, 2:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Mar 22, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland63 min
Mar 22, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson48 min
Mar 22, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin45 min
Mar 22, 4:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin117 min
Mar 22, 4:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews2 hr
Mar 22, 4:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines2 hr
Mar 22, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson62 min
Mar 22, 5:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
Mar 22, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFPecos30 min
Mar 22, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
Mar 22, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton40 min
Mar 22, 2:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton31 min
Mar 22, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton30 min
Mar 22, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden29 min
Mar 22, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland49 min
Mar 22, 3:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Upton3 hr
Mar 22, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFPecos37 min
Mar 22, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland42 min
Mar 22, 4:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
Mar 22, 4:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton46 min
Mar 22, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor52 min
Mar 22, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock43 min
Mar 22, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock51 min
Mar 22, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward44 min
Mar 22, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFUpton26 min
Mar 22, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos52 min
Mar 22, 5:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Upton2 hr
Mar 22, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFHoward33 min
Mar 22, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland46 min
Mar 22, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFMitchell37 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.