Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 7:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| Feb 27, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Feb 27, 7:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 37 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.