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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 2, 2005Loving County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2005, 10:57 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 2, 2005, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Loving County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 030357
TORMAF
TXC301-030500-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0014.050603T0357Z-050603T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1057 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SLASH RANCH...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENTONE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ALONG THE LOVING/REEVES COUNTY BORDER.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SLASH RANCH...
  MENTONE...

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 3190 10396 3177 10370 3167 10353 3167 10339
      3199 10337 3201 10399

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 030420
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1118 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

TXC301-030500-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050603T0500Z/
LOVING-
1118 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR LOVING
COUNTY...

AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SLASH RANCH...OR 7 
MILES NORTH OF MENTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
SR 302 IN NORTH CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY...

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

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

LAT...LON 3190 10396 3177 10370 3167 10353 3167 10339
      3199 10337 3201 10399

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson53 min
Jun 2, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves61 min
Jun 2, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving57 min
Jun 2, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min
Jun 2, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell33 min
Jun 2, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio15 min
Jun 2, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler64 min
Jun 2, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio3 hr
Jun 2, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves, Ward65 min
Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 hr
Jun 3, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines55 min
Jun 3, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler49 min
Jun 3, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio41 min
Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFWard22 min
Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster27 min
Jun 3, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines54 min
Jun 3, 1:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor4 hr
Jun 3, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Jun 3, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves47 min
Jun 3, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector57 min
Jun 3, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane61 min
Jun 3, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos49 min
Jun 3, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos38 min
Jun 3, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin31 min
Jun 3, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos23 min
Jun 3, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland4 hr
Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos46 min
Jun 3, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Upton44 min
Jun 3, 2:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
Jun 3, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
Jun 3, 4:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton3 hr
Jun 3, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan53 min
Jun 3, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell51 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.