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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2004Culberson County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2004, 7:50 PM CDT for Culberson County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Culberson County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 5, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Oct 5, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 060050
TORMAF
TXC109-389-060130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  NORTHERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  RED BLUFF...OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RED BLUFF...

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

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

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

LAT...LON 3200 10432 3171 10431 3176 10381 3200 10399

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves65 min
Oct 5, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves56 min
Oct 5, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson67 min
Oct 5, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson4 hr
Oct 5, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves40 min
Oct 5, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson63 min
Oct 5, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines59 min
Oct 5, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving58 min
Oct 5, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves64 min
Oct 5, 10:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines4 hr
Oct 5, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves64 min
Oct 5, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler39 min
Oct 5, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard55 min
Oct 5, 11:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler3 hr
Oct 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor49 min
Oct 6, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor6 hr
Oct 6, 12:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson4 hr
Oct 6, 12:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews4 hr
Oct 6, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard59 min
Oct 6, 12:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland4 hr
Oct 6, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Ward5 hr
Oct 6, 1:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward, Martin4 hr
Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis45 min
Oct 6, 1:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock4 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry5 hr
Oct 6, 3:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Oct 6, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell4 hr
Oct 6, 4:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland4 hr
Oct 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson61 min

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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.