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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2003Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2003, 9:35 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Oct 5, 2003, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 2003-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 060235
TORMAF
TXC329-060300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
934 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WARFIELD...OR     
  ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDLAND...OR 2 MILES WEST OF THE       
  AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MIDLAND...WARFIELD...MISSION DORADO...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND
  MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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

LAT...LON 3207 10228 3185 10228 3196 10205 3207 10204

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin58 min
Oct 5, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler63 min
Oct 5, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews58 min
Oct 5, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 min
Oct 5, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor61 min
Oct 5, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin44 min
Oct 5, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard58 min
Oct 5, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler48 min
Oct 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland61 min
Oct 5, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines53 min
Oct 5, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor61 min
Oct 5, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 5, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland59 min
Oct 5, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson61 min
Oct 5, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews65 min
Oct 5, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry54 min
Oct 5, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden48 min
Oct 6, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward61 min
Oct 6, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry55 min
Oct 6, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell53 min
Oct 6, 1:17 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell28 min
Oct 6, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell47 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.