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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 3, 2004Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2004, 7:31 PM CST for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
Apr 3, 2004, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2004, 8:30 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2004-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 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 2004-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 040131
TORMAF
TXC165-040230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
730 PM CST SAT APR 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEMINOLE

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 727 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  PAYNES CORNER...AND SEMINOLE

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT 
ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW

THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 5 9 7 3 2 2 0.

LAT...LON 3265 10305 3252 10290 3293 10232 3294 10304

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster59 min
Apr 3, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines58 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves63 min
Apr 3, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFReeves46 min
Apr 3, 7:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFReeves, Ward59 min
Apr 3, 8:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
Apr 3, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews28 min
Apr 3, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFGaines60 min
Apr 3, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson52 min
Apr 3, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines60 min
Apr 3, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster49 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio62 min
Apr 3, 10:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines6 hr
Apr 3, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson59 min
Apr 4, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
Apr 4, 12:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
Apr 4, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster2 hr
Apr 4, 1:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos2 hr
Apr 4, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
Apr 4, 4:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines5 hr
Apr 4, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
Apr 4, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos29 min
Apr 4, 6:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Apr 4, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
Apr 4, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis46 min
Apr 4, 9:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard4 hr
Apr 4, 10:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos6 hr
Apr 4, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines6 hr
Apr 4, 11:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor4 hr
Apr 4, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves5 hr
Apr 4, 1:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler4 hr
Apr 4, 1:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland4 hr
Apr 4, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
Apr 4, 3:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor4 hr

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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.