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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 26 E Marathon, TX | HAIL LASTED UNTIL 700 PM AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS |
| Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 26 E Marathon, TX | PORCH 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ward | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.