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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 9, 2005Pecos County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

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 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.

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, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster54 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWard3 hr
Jun 9, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.