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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 7:26 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 49 Sse Fort Stockton, TX | MOBILE HOME DAMAGED ON THE LONGFELLOW RANCH. |
| Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 W Sanderson, TX | |
| Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 E Longfellow, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 4335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 100029 TORMAF TXC371-443-100130- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0026.050610T0026Z-050610T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 726 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF LONGFELLOW...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONGFELLOW... SANDERSON... U.S. HIGHWAY 90... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3018 10274 2991 10235 3014 10201 3032 10269 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 100102 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 759 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 TXC371-100109- /O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050610T0130Z/ PECOS- 759 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF PECOS COUNTY. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3007 10257 2991 10235 3014 10201 3026 10257 $$ TXC443-100130- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050610T0130Z/ TERRELL- 759 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY... AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...RURAL AREAS JUST SOUTH OF SANDERSON. 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 3007 10257 2991 10235 3014 10201 3026 10257 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 11:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 60 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.