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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 2003Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2003, 5:28 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 11, 2003, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 112228
TORMAF
TXC443-112330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
527 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 27 MILES WEST OF THE
  TERRELL GAS PLANT...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  THE TERRELL GAS PLANT

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

LAT...LON 3059 10237 3030 10230 3030 10178 3061 10204

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell65 min
Jun 11, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos65 min
Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock25 min
Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell60 min
Jun 11, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell70 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry35 min
Jun 11, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell62 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.