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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 4, 2002Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2002, 10:21 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2002, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2002, 10:50 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 806 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 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 050321
TORMAF
TXC033-050350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1020 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1050 PM CDT

* AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF LAKE
  J.B. THOMAS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAIL...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  LAKE J.B. THOMAS

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO-IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES 
FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3273 10142 3255 10142 3253 10120 3273 10120

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry43 min
May 4, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry39 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry48 min
May 4, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin43 min
May 4, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden47 min
May 4, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry31 min
May 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin45 min
May 4, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden47 min
May 4, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry58 min
May 4, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines27 min
May 4, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry38 min
May 4, 11:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry32 min
May 5, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster58 min
May 5, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster48 min
May 5, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster31 min
May 5, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 5, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.