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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2002, 11:43 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2002, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Colorado City, TX | An NWS damage survey determined a large tree just off of Highway 208 on County Road 155 was uprooted by thunderstorm winds...possibly associated with the RFD...south of the tornado's path. |
| May 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Colorado City, TX | Storm spotters reported a tornado. An NWS damage survey determined a path width of 250 yards with a length between one half mile and one mile. The tornado blew down sixteen power poles as it crossed Highway 208 north of Colorado City. Dollar estimates of da |
| May 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Dunn, TX | |
| May 5, 12:01 AM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Loraine, TX | Multiple spotter reports. |
| May 5, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Loraine, TX | Storm spotters reported a brief tornado. |
| May 5, 12:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Loraine, TX | An NWS damage survey determined thunderstorm winds damaged a utility pole...destroyed the roof on a building...and caused minor roof damage to a church. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 050443 TORMAF TXC335-415-050515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1141 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CHINA GROVE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... DUNN...CHINA GROVE...INADALE...EXTREME NORTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 84 IN SOUTHEAST SCURRY COUNTY TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO-IT MAY BE TOO LATE. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME-TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3265 10103 3241 10100 3241 10067 3266 10068
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 43 min |
| May 4, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 39 min |
| May 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 48 min |
| May 4, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 43 min |
| May 4, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 47 min |
| May 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 31 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 45 min |
| May 4, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 29 min |
| May 4, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 58 min |
| May 4, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 58 min |
| May 5, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 31 min |
| May 5, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 5, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 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.