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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 5, 2004Midland County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2004, 7:10 PM CDT for Midland County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Midland County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2004-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

334 
WFUS54 KMAF 060010
TORMAF
TXC329-461-060100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A LANDSPOUT
  2 MILES NORTH OF MIDKIFF...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  MIDLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDKIFF...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
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 3177 10179 3180 10200 3152 10205 3148 10181

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio55 min
Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves51 min
Jun 5, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster65 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves, Ward43 min
Jun 5, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves, Ward33 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves43 min
Jun 5, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard40 min
Jun 5, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler46 min
Jun 5, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler3 hr
Jun 5, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves37 min
Jun 5, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos41 min
Jun 5, 10:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 5, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
Jun 5, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos37 min
Jun 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines49 min
Jun 6, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson52 min
Jun 6, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry48 min
Jun 6, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson46 min
Jun 6, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis61 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.