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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 5, 2005Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 10:03 PM CDT for Martin 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
Jun 5, 2005, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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 5, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2121 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 060304
TORMAF
TXC317-060400-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0020.050606T0303Z-050606T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1003 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BROWN...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROWN...
  FLOWER GROVE...
  BUFORD...
  THREE LEAGUES...

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  A TORNADO MAY 
RFFORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND 
VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3251 10205 3223 10203 3234 10169 3251 10169

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 060321
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

TXC317-060400-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050606T0400Z/
MARTIN-
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZED
HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH OF ACKERLY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES 
NORTH OF BROWN...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMESA...MOVING SOUTHWEST  
AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BROWN...FLOWER
GROVE...BUFORD AND THREE LEAGUES.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  A TORNADO MAY 
FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... 
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 

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

LAT...LON 3251 10205 3223 10203 3234 10169 3251 10169

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry42 min
Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler54 min
Jun 5, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Howard64 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Jun 5, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler53 min
Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster59 min
Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Howard60 min
Jun 5, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson67 min
Jun 5, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio56 min
Jun 5, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio56 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden53 min
Jun 5, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward64 min
Jun 5, 9:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson4 hr
Jun 5, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson66 min
Jun 5, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines53 min
Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry64 min
Jun 5, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster53 min
Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden45 min
Jun 5, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden52 min
Jun 5, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Jun 5, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFScurry4 hr
Jun 5, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward22 min
Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves66 min
Jun 6, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves4 hr
Jun 6, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves57 min
Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio62 min
Jun 6, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving57 min
Jun 6, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster56 min
Jun 6, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves27 min
Jun 6, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard60 min
Jun 6, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos59 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.