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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 2, 2004Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2004, 1:55 AM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 2, 2004, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2004-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 2004-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 020655
TORMAF
TXC389-020800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
154 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TOYAH LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS...MOVING 
  EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTERN REEVES COUNTY...

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

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

LAT...LON 3144 10350 3131 10356 3117 10322 3137 10304

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves6 hr
Oct 2, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves51 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.