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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2005, 7:43 PM CST for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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, 7:43 PM CST (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2005, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 280145 TORMAF TXC335-280245- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.050228T0143Z-050228T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 743 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 845 PM CST * AT 741 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INTERSTATE 20 IN FAR WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... FARM ROAD 2183... STATE HIGHWAY 163... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING OR AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3237 10118 3209 10117 3209 10085 3231 10103 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 280215 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 812 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 TXC335-280245- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050228T0245Z/ MITCHELL- 812 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 808 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT ROTATION WITHIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY...IN SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT STATE HIGHWAY 163 AND FARM ROAD 2183...IN ADDITION TO RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3231 10118 3209 10118 3209 10092 3226 10100 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 280233 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 831 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 TXC335-280241- /O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050228T0245Z/ MITCHELL- 831 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 831 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CST. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3231 10118 3209 10118 3209 10092 3226 10100 $$
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, 7:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 38 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.