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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 9, 2005Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

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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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, 7:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG49 Sse Fort Stockton, TXMOBILE HOME DAMAGED ON THE LONGFELLOW RANCH.
Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.8810 W Sanderson, TX
Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4335 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell63 min
Jun 9, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell39 min
Jun 10, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
Jun 10, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton55 min
Jun 10, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton3 hr
Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton51 min
Jun 10, 11:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton4 hr
Jun 10, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Jun 10, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan48 min
Jun 10, 1:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
Jun 10, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos48 min
Jun 10, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 10, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos43 min
Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos60 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.