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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2005, 8:33 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 31, 2005, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 010135
TORMAF
TXC335-010230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.050601T0133Z-050601T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
833 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INTERSECTION OF FM 2319 AND TX 208...
CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR...
SOUTHERN COLORADO CITY...
LORAINE...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR WEST TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3241 10097 3219 10088 3219 10068 3251 10067
3251 10090
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMAF 010149
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
848 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005
TXC335-010230-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050601T0230Z/
MITCHELL-
848 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 838 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 9
MILES ESE OF WESTBROOK. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER REPORTS INCLUDE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL THAT WAS REPORTED 4 MILES
SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LORAINE...COLORADO
CITY...AND SR 208.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR WEST TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3241 10097 3219 10088 3219 10068 3251 10067
3251 10090
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 64 min |
| May 31, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 35 min |
| May 31, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 57 min |
| May 31, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 51 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.