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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 9, 2005Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brewster County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 220 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.8826 E Marathon, TXHAIL LASTED UNTIL 700 PM AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS
Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG26 E Marathon, TXPORCH ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOME ALONG U.S. 90.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3146 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 092306
TORMAF
TXC043-100000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0023.050609T2306Z-050610T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
606 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES        
  NORTHEAST OF MARATHON ALONG THE PECOS AND BREWSTER COUNTY LINE.    
  THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 385...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER
NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3015 10344 2975 10276 3008 10262 3048 10317

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 092338
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
635 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

TXC043-100000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050610T0000Z/
BREWSTER-
635 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A 
TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF US 90 
BETWEEN MARATHON AND LONGFELLOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
US 90 ALONG THE BREWSTER/PECOS COUNTY BORDER...
LONGFELLOW...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

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

LAT...LON 3015 10344 2975 10276 3008 10262 3048 10317

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster58 min
Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell52 min
Jun 8, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster39 min
Jun 9, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos56 min
Jun 9, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
Jun 9, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster61 min
Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos60 min
Jun 9, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
Jun 9, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 9, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos64 min
Jun 9, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard53 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
Jun 9, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard41 min
Jun 9, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos62 min
Jun 9, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.