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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT for Pecos 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
- Jun 9, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 092329 TORMAF TXC371-100030- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0024.050609T2328Z-050610T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 628 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARATHON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONGFELLOW... US 385...35 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS EVENING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3061 10302 3042 10309 3011 10264 3069 10243 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 092346 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 643 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 TXC371-100030- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050610T0030Z/ PECOS- 643 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR 23 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE... LONGFELLOW... US 90 NEAR LONGFELLOW... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. BETWEEN 625 AND 635 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED WITH 60 MPH WINDS FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3061 10302 3042 10309 3011 10264 3069 10243 $$
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, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 54 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, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 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.