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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 10:21 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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
- May 30, 2005, 10:21 PM MDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2005, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lea County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 310424 TORMAF NMC025-310515- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0011.050531T0421Z-050531T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1021 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 1115 PM MDT * AT 1020 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUMBLE CITY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HOBBS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUMBLE CITY... HOBBS... RESIDENTS IN HOBBS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. 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 ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3290 10336 3274 10347 3253 10307 3281 10305 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 310444 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1141 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 NMC025-310515- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050531T0515Z/ LEA- 1041 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY... AT 1037 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF HOBBS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 1035 PM MDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NORTH OF HOBBS. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HOBBS AND NADINE. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3290 10336 3274 10347 3253 10307 3281 10305 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 310458 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1157 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 NMC025-310515- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050531T0515Z/ LEA- 1057 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY... AT 1054 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF HOBBS AS WELL AS 60 MPH WINDS AT THE AIRPORT. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED DIRECTLY OVER THE CITY OF HOBBS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TAKE COVER NOW. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HOBBS AND NADINE. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3290 10336 3274 10347 3253 10307 3281 10305 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 54 min |
| May 30, 9:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 min |
| May 30, 11:08 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 30 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.