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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2004Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2004, 11:11 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
64 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), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 060411
TORMAF
TXC389-060515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1109 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENTONE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAYS US 285 AND FM 2119 NORTH OF THE CITY OF PECOS...
  

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.

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

LAT...LON 3166 10378 3149 10379 3144 10348 3163 10354

$$

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, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves40 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, 11:21 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.