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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2005Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 12:50 AM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 3, 2005, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 1:12 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 030550
TORMAF
TXC475-030645-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0015.050603T0550Z-050603T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1250 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF
  PYOTE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PYOTE...
  MONAHANS...

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 3151 10324 3142 10309 3165 10278 3165 10331

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 030612
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
112 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

TXC475-030622-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050603T0645Z/
WARD-
112 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

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 3151 10324 3142 10309 3165 10278 3165 10331

$$

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, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving63 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, 12:52 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.