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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 22 min |
| Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 59 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.