Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2005, 7:07 PM CST for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2005, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 WFUS54 KMAF 280110 TORMAF TXC227-280145- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0001.050228T0107Z-050228T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 707 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 702 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINCENT...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VINCENT... HIGHWAY 350... FARM ROAD 846... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY... SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3252 10118 3251 10141 3233 10124 3234 10118 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 280128 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 726 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 TXC227-280145- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050228T0145Z/ HOWARD- 726 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY... AT 725 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 820 AND STATE HIGHWAY 350. AT 719 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT STRONG ROTATION WITH A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENT...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SPRING. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY OF VINCENT SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE APPROACHING INTERSTATE 20 IN EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY BY 740 PM CST. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3252 10118 3251 10141 3233 10124 3234 10118 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 280139 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 737 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 TXC227-280145- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050228T0145Z/ HOWARD- 737 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY... AT 732 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT STRONG ROTATION WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 20...ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF COAHOMA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH... OR A LOW LYING AREA AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3252 10118 3251 10141 3233 10124 3234 10118 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 67 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 |
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.