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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2004Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2004, 6:15 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 5, 2004, 6:15 PM MDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lea County, NM

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 5, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Oct 5, 5:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2004-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 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 2004-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 060015
TORMAF
NMC025-060115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
613 PM MDT TUE OCT 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 608 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES         
  EAST OF CAPROCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS ALONG U.S. ROUTE 380 SOUTHEAST OF CAPROCK..
  
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 3355 10370 3287 10374 3304 10343 3296 10308
      3356 10307

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
Oct 5, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea60 min
Oct 5, 7:17 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy58 min
Oct 5, 7:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 5, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy45 min
Oct 5, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea59 min
Oct 6, 8:02 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr

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.