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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 27, 2005Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2005, 6:08 PM CST for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
Feb 27, 2005, 6:08 PM CST (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2005, 7:15 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2005-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2005-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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 
WUUS54 KMAF 280012
SVRMAF
TXC033-280115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.050228T0008Z-050228T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
608 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 606 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GAIL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAIL...
  MESQUITE...
  FM 1054...
  HIGHWAY 180...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES ROTATION IN THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY 
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL THREE-QUARTERS
OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3291 10152 3290 10168 3259 10169 3269 10134

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 280042
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
640 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005

TXC033-280115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050228T0115Z/
BORDEN-
640 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR
WESTERN BORDEN COUNTY...

AT 620 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN 
THE CITY OF GAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
GAIL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...GAIL 
AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS 1054 AND 669.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED STRONG ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO 
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 3287 10135 3279 10168 3259 10169 3269 10134

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 280050 CCA
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
640 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005

TXC033-280115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050228T0115Z/
BORDEN-
640 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR
WESTERN BORDEN COUNTY...

AT 620 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN 
THE CITY OF GAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
GAIL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...GAIL 
AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS 1054 AND 669.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED STRONG ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO 
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 3287 10135 3279 10168 3259 10169 3269 10134

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 7:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFHoward38 min
Feb 27, 7:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFMitchell62 min
Feb 27, 7:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMAFHoward37 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.