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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 5, 2004Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 5, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2004-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 601 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 2004-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 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
601 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

691 
WFUS54 KMAF 052315
TORMAF
TXC461-060000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
615 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MIDKIFF...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRANE...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY...
  EASTERN UPTON COUNTY...

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

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING
OR AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3140 10179 3140 10197 3138 10199 3144 10229
      3164 10229 3164 10177 3139 10178 3139 10178

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland44 min
Jun 5, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton40 min
Jun 5, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland44 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson48 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.