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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 4, 2002Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2002, 8:17 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 4, 2002, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Glasscock County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2002-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 599 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 2002-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

369 
WFUS54 KMAF 050117
TORMAF
TXC173-050145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
816 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED A BRIEF TORNADO 
  TOUCHDOWN 9 MILES NORTH OF BIGBY CORNER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST 
  OF GARDEN CITY.  THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 
  15 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE TORNADOS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  BIGBY CORNER

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

LAT...LON 3192 10159 3190 10176 3166 10176 3167 10157

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr
Jul 5, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster3 hr
Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster2 hr

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.