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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2000, 6:24 PM CST for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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, 6:24 PM CST (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 230025 TORMAF TXC461-230100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 624 PM CST WED MAR 22 2000 THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... UPTON COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 715 PM CST * AT 621 PM CST...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SH 329 AND FM 1492...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE... THE INTERSECTION OF SH 329 AND FM 1492 AND MIDKIFF. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3132 10220 3130 10187 3163 10179 3164 10213 RSB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 24 min |
| Mar 22, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 7:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 50 min |
| Mar 22, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 59 min |
| Mar 22, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 42 min |
| Mar 22, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 10:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 11:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Crane, Glasscock, Howard, Midland, Mitchell and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 50 min |
| Mar 22, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 12:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.